Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS)
The L.A.FANS investigates how neighbourhoods affect a variety of outcomes, including children’s development and well-being, and stress and health among children and adults. Between 2000 and 2001, Wave 1 assessed adults and children living in over 3,000 households in 65 neighbourhoods in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America. In Wave 2, between 2006 and 2008, families who remained in the neighbourhood or moved elsewhere were followed up, as well as new families who moved into these neighbourhoods. Wave 3 was carried out as part of the Mixed Income Project (MIP) between 2011 and 2013, which was based on samples of participants in two surveys: L.A.FANS Wave 2 and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhood (PHDCN).
Study design
Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
3,090 (households: Wave 1)
252 (households: Wave 2 new entrants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
All neighbourhoods and all households in Los Angeles County.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2000 (households: Wave 1)
2006 (households: Wave 2 new entrants)
Primary Institutions
RAND
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Education data
- Employer data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Police & judicial system data
Engagement
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