THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT SUPPLEMENT TO THE PANEL STUDY OF INCOME DYNAMICS 1997 USER GUIDE Sandra Hofferth Pamela E. Davis-Kean Jean Davis Jonathan Finkelstein Survey Research Center Institute for Social Research The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Table of Contents PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION CHAPTER 1 - OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY SUMMARY INTRODUCTION THEORETICAL MODEL Types of Family Resources Types of Extra-Familial Resources THE INSTRUMENTS Child and Primary Caregiver Secondary Caregiver Absent Fathers Demographic and Economic Context Time Diary Preschools and Schools Communities CHAPTER 2 - DATA COLLECTION THE SAMPLE RACE AND GENDER COMPOSITION STRATIFICATION OF SAMPLE