When it comes to major data sets that result from RWJF-sponsored research, we are committed to making the data available to other researchers and analysts in the field. Since 1982, the Foundation has required selected grantees to produce public-use data files and documentation. These are archived at the University of Michigan's Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, the world's largest archive of computerized social science data and official repository for the Foundation's statistical data.

For more information on using these data sets and a complete list of RWJF-sponsored data collections, visit ICPSR's Health and Medical Care Archive. ICPSR's data resources are available without charge to individuals and institutional ICPSR members, and for a fee for individuals and institutions not affiliated with ICPSR.

Why our commitment to making this data available? RWJF-supported research and evaluations often yield rich databases that can be used to answer a variety of important questions, many of which might not have been anticipated at the time the data were collected.

Selected RWJF Data Sets

California Health Interview Study
CHIS is a telephone survey of adults, adolescents and children from all parts of the state. The survey is conducted every two years. CHIS is the largest state health survey and one of the largest health surveys in the United States. CHIS gives health planners, policy makers, county governments, advocacy groups and communities a detailed picture of the health and health care needs facing California's diverse population.
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College Alcohol Study
This survey focused on alcohol use and alcohol problems among undergraduate college students. The survey collected information on students' use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs, views on campus alcohol policies and student alcohol use, reasons for drinking alcohol and reasons for not drinking or limiting drinking, and personal difficulties caused by drinking problems (e.g., missed classes, injury and trouble with police).
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Community Tracking Study
Designed to track a cohort of American communities at two-year intervals beginning in 1996, this major research effort is gathering information to monitor and understand the evolution of health care in the United States. CTS is investigating the ways in which hospitals, health plans, physicians, safety net providers and other provider groups are restructuring their systems as well as the forces driving the organizational change. Additionally, the project is tracking health insurance coverage, access to care, use of health services, health care costs and perceived quality of health care.
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Fragile Families
The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study is following a cohort of nearly 5,000 children born in the United States between 1998 and 2000. The study was designed to address four questions of great interest to researchers and policy-makers: (1) What are the conditions and capabilities of unmarried parents, especially fathers?; (2) What is the nature of the relationships between unmarried parents?; (3) How do children born into these families fare?; and (4) How do policies and environmental conditions affect families and children?
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Monitoring the Future
Begun in 1975, the Monitoring the Future annual surveys were designed to explore changes in important values, behaviors and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. Data are available through 2004.
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National Evaluation of the Fighting Back Program
This study was designed as part of a multi-method assessment of Fighting Back, a community-based drug abuse prevention program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. To assess whether the Fighting Back program led to changes in alcohol and other drug (AOD) patterns and attitudes, the evaluation conducted general population surveys of residents aged 16-44 in 12 Fighting Back program communities and 29 comparison communities.
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National Survey of America's Families
The National Survey of America's Families provides a comprehensive look at the well-being of children and non-elderly adults, and reveals sometimes striking differences among the 13 states studied in depth. The survey provides quantitative measures of child, adult and family well-being in America, with an emphasis on persons in low-income families.
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