The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS) is a longitudinal study of families in Los Angeles County, California, and of the neighborhoods in which they live.
Research suggests that safe, supportive neighborhoods are important for children, teens, and adults. But what makes a neighborhood a positive place to live? We are trying to answer this question by comparing the lives of children and adults in a broad range of neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles County.
The L.A.FANS focuses on:
- Neighborhood, family, and peer effects on children's development
- Effects of welfare reform at the neighborhood level
- Residential mobility and neighborhood change
The first Wave of the L.A.FANS (L.A.FANS-1) was released in 2003. We offer Public Use Data and four versions of Restricted Data. See the comparison table to decide which version is right for you.
L.A.FANS-2 fieldwork was completed at the end of 2008. The initial release of L.A.FANS-2 public use data is available through this website. We are currently working to transform the CAPI questionnaires into a format which is accessible to users and we will post these questionnaires as soon as possible. Additional updates will be posted on this website, lasurvey.rand.org.
L.A.FANS Publications
The following are reports of our findings from L.A.FANS-1.
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