The Foster Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study

CLIENT

UW faculty members Dr. Irving Piliavin and Dr. Mark Courtney

DESCRIPTION

This project examined the effects of the foster care system on young adults in Wisconsin. Field production of the first of three one hour computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI) was completed during the spring of 1995. Interviewers with laptop computers completed a total of 142 interviews at the homes of the respondents. The second phase was completed in 1998. This second phase consisted primarily of re-interviewing those interviewed in 1995. The third and final wave of interviews was completed in 2000.

PROJECT DIRECTOR

Debra Wright

DATE IN FIELD

Sept 1999 – August 2000