California Families Project (CFP)
The CFP is an ongoing comprehensive longitudinal study following the health, development, and well-being of over 600 Mexican-origin youth and their parents in Northern California, United States of America. The families were recruited by randomly selecting children with Mexican surnames from 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school rosters in the Woodland and Sacramento school districts in California. The children and their parents have been followed-up annually from ages 10 to 19, and every 2-3 years thereafter, with follow-ups still ongoing to track the children through adulthood.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
674 (children)
1,223 (parents/carers)
Age at first data collection
10 years (children)
Varied (parents/carers)
Participant year of birth
1996 - 1998 (children)
Varied (parents/carers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2006
Primary Institutions
University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Audio or visual recordings (e.g. of child behaviour, facial expressions)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Ethnography or participant observation
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Education data
Engagement
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