2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start FACES Programs - Data User’s Manual - September 2024

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Data User’s Manual for the 2021–2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start FACES Programs, dated September 2024. The manual presents front-matter acknowledgments and a structured table of contents, including getting started, guidelines for data users, and a list of abbreviations. It outlines the study’s design, logic model, research questions, data-user procedures, sampling and multistage design, attrition and participation, power considerations, and data collection instruments such as the Teacher Child Report (TCR).

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages174

Reading Time7 h 18 min

AccessFree to download

Acknowledgments

Getting started

Guidelines for 2021–2022 study data users

List of Abbreviations

I. Introduction

A. Design of the 2021–2022 study

B. Logic model

C. Research questions

D. Guidelines for data users of the 2021–2022 study

II. Sample and sampling design

A. Multistage sampling approach

B. Attrition and participation

C. Power

2021–2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start FACES Programs (2021–2022 Study) Data User’s Manual September 2024 Maya Reid, Ashley Kopack Klein, Elizabeth Doran, Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Judy Cannon, Nikki Aikens, Sara Skidmore, Katie Gonzalez, Xinwei Li, Lizabeth Malone, Sara Bernstein Submitted to: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 330 C Street, SW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20201 Project Officers: Nina Philipsen and Laura Hoard Contract Number: 47QRAA18D00BQ/ 75D30121F12883 Submitted by: Mathematica 1100 1st Street, NE, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20002-4221 Telephone: (202) 484-9220 Facsimile: (202) 863-1763 Project Director: Sara Bernstein Reference Number: 51307.01.T08 .002.000 This page has been left blank for double-sided copying. Acknowledgments The authors would like to express their appreciation to Project Officers Alysia Blandon, Nina Philipsen and Laura Hoard; to Krystal Bichay-Awadalla, Jacquelyn Gross, Neda Senehi, and Kylee Probert; and to other federal staff at OPRE and the Office of Head Start. We thank the Mathematica team, including Andrew Weiss, Alex Hollister, Kathleen Feeney, Diletta Mittone, Morgan Woods, Rhiannon Jones, Tatiana Santiago, Timothy Luyster, John McCarthy, David Naglee, Sam Lem, Scott Peters, Joe McClurkin, Lauren O’Keefe, Ryan McInerney, Cole Garvey, Tiffany Waits, Macy Miller; Amelia Forman; Kevin Manbodh; Xinwei Li; Meghan Clough; Max Miller; Raquel Whitt; Kelsey Bagwell; Davis Straske; Natalie Reid; Tutrang Nguyen; Charlotte Cabili; Mary Kalb; Eric Grau; Cheri Vogel; Hanzhi Zhou; Cathy Lu; Myah Scott; Aden Bhagwat; Will Ratner; Jeffrey Harrington; Addison Larson; Effie Metropoulos; Molly Cameron; Jim Cameron; Felita Buckner; as well as Season Bedell; Richard Godwin; Karen Markoswki; Lucy Tindall; Sean Harrington; and Daniella Turner at the Survey Operations Center; and all of the Mathematica field and telephone staff who collected the data. We are also grateful for the contributions of our partners at Juárez and Associates. Most of all, we offer our gratitude to the staff, families, and children of the 176 Head Start programs across the country who once again opened their doors (virtually and/or physically) during this difficult period and shared their time with us. This page has been left blank for double-sided copying. Contents Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................... iii Getting started .................................................................................................................. xiii Guidelines for 2021–2022 study data users ...................................................................... xiii List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................ xiv I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................1 A. Design of the 2021–2022 study ..............................................................................1 1. 2021–2022 study sample and who it represents ............................................. 3 2. Analytic purposes of data from the 2021–2022 study ..................................... 4 3. Key content areas of focus ............................................................................. 5 B. Logic model............................................................................................................6 C. Research questions................................................................................................7 D. Guidelines for data users of the 2021–2022 study..................................................9 1. Review the study design and develop a plan based on users’ specific research questions ........................

FAQs

What document is this, and what date does it cover?

It is a Data User’s Manual for the 2021–2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start FACES Programs, dated September 2024.

What key topics are included in the manual’s structure?

The table of contents includes getting started, guidelines for 2021–2022 data users, introduction topics (study design, logic model, research questions), and sections on sampling design, attrition and participation, power, and data collection instruments.

How does the manual guide data users in using the study data?

It provides guidelines for data users that include reviewing the study design, identifying content of interest, determining which files contain necessary data, selecting an appropriate weight, and conducting appropriate analyses with interpretation points.

Oct 15, 2026

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