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Early Childhood Education

Durango Museums

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Welcome to the Pre-School/Early Childhood Education research guide, the place to start research for all your education projects. You can find many more resources for teaching K-12 in the Teacher Education Resource Guide, and in the Juvenile and Young Adult Literature Resource Guide. 

Children & Families - Datasets

  • Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
    Data collected in the fall and the spring of kindergarten (1998-99), the fall and spring of first grade (1999-2000), the spring of third grade (2002) and the spring of 8th grade (2007) for the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99. Representative sample of approximately 22,000 children in private and public schools. download data.
  • Kids Count Data from the The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)
    The AECF is a non-profit organization that works on behalf of disadvantaged children and collects data on benchmarks of child well-being.
  • Murray Research Archive  
    Topics well-represented in the archive include sexual orientation, gender roles and the status of women, race, and socio-economic status. Application may need to be made directly to the Murray Research Archive for permission to use the data.
  • National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
    The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at Cornell University focuses on the field of child maltreatment. NDACAN acquires microdata from leading researchers and national data collection efforts and makes the datasets available to the research community for secondary analysis. NOTE: Application must be made directly to NDACAN for permission to use the data.
  • National Survey of America's Families
    This survey provides a comprehensive look at the well-being of children and adults, identifying differences among the 13 states which have been studied in depth: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Sample of over 40,000 families per round.
  • National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH)
    This is a longitudinal population-based survey of families and households in the United States designed to look at the causes and consequences of changes in family and household structure. Three survey waves are available: Wave 1: 1987-1988; Wave 2: 1992-1994; Wave 3: 2001-2002. (Citation information for each wave is available on the survey's home page.)
  • National Survey of Family Growth (1973, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2006-2008)
    Women were asked questions about fertility and contraception, including contraceptive use and pregnancy histories, desired family size, and expectation of further children. The survey reports background information about the respondent and spouse such as education, religion, ethnic origin, occupation, and earnings.
  • The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
    This study follows a birth cohort of mostly unwed parents and their children over a five-year period. The study was designed to provide information on unwed parents, as well as the effects of policies on family formation and child wellbeing.