Describes the design of a national study of USDA's Summer Food Service Program, created in 1975 to provide children from low-income families with nutritious meals when school is not in session, including appropriate sample and data collection methodologies, analytic methods, and study costs. On...

Findings of the first comprehensive government study of the Emergency Food Assistance System (EFAS) suggest that public and private food assistance systems work in tandem to provide more comprehensive assistance than either system provides by itself.

The Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES, is a longitudinal descriptive study of Early Head Start that captures family- and child-level information in addition to program-level characteristics. This first report defines Head Start features and characteristics,...

The Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES, is a longitudinal descriptive study of Early Head Start that captures family- and child-level information in addition to program-level characteristics. This first report defines Head Start features and characteristics,...

Looks at the advantages of using a different number of weighting cells or propensity scores to adjust for nonresponse in the Community Tracking Study physician survey. Finds a large difference between the two methods in their ability to reduce bias and produce variation in weights.

Describes the statistical procedures used to resolve partial or "soft" linkages between household-reported health insurance plans and actual industry offerings as part of the Community Tracking Household Followback Study.