DOI: 10.5061/dryad.h70rxwdx6
title: Pre post survey data from a Northeastern U.S. responsible fatherhood program

description: These data comprise self-administered survey responses collected from
 participants enrolled in a responsible fatherhood program during
 2021-2025, funded by a Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF)
 grant. Survey participants were largely low-income, unmarried,
 non-resident fathers. Data contents span the following topics:
 challenges to fathering, experiences of institutional racism, father-child
 contact, activities done with child, self-esteem, interpersonal support,
 relationship satisfacton, and cumulative childhood adversity scores. All
 data (except childhood adversity data) is in a pre/post-test format.
description: # Pre post survey data from a Northeastern U.S. responsible fatherhood
 program These data comprise self-administered survey responses collected
 from participants enrolled in a responsible fatherhood program during
 2021-2025, funded by a Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF)
 grant. Survey participants were largely low-income, unmarried,
 non-resident fathers. Data were collected at three time points: intake,
 baseline, and closing using the Qualtrics survey platform. On average, a
 respondent would complete the baseline survey within one to two weeks
 after completing the intake survey. Closing surveys were completed by
 participants six weeks after completing the baseline surveys. Data
 contents span the following topics: challenges to fathering, experiences
 of institutional racism, father-child contact, activities done with child,
 self-esteem, interpersonal support, relationship satisfacton, and
 cumulative childhood adversity scores. All data (except childhood
 adversity data) is in a pre/post-test format. ## Description of the data
 and file structure responsible_fatherhood_northeast_data.zip contains a
 folder called Data/ and a data dictionary file. Three data files are
 included within the Data/ folder, corresponding with survey responses from
 intake, baseline, and closing surveys. All verbatim responses have been
 removed, along with questions that served as direct and indirect
 identifiers. The date of the survey taken has been saved as only the year
 during which the survey was completed. Missing values are left as blanks.
 For each data file: * Row 1 contains the variable name * Row 2 contains
 the question text * Rows 3+ contain the survey responses In compliance
 with grant requirements, nFORM ID numbers are included in each data file.
 These unique ID numbers can be used to link responses between the three
 surveys. nFORM is the name of the software platform used by HMRF grantees.
 The Qualtrics_data_dictionary.csv file provides a data dictionary that
 describes all of the variables used across the three data files, including
 the possible response values. The full text of each survey question can be
 found in the dataset itself. Many standardized measures are used in this
 dataset; the abbreviations for each measure are written out below. ###
 Acronyms **FRPN-MoFC**: Fatherhood Research and Practice Network - Measure
 of Fatherhood Challenges **FRPN-FCC**: Fatherhood Research and Practice
 Network - Measure of Father-Child Contact **RSES**: Rosenberg Self-Esteem
 Scale **RSAT**: Burns Relationship Satisfaction Scale **ISEL**:
 Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (shortened version - 12 items)
 **JVQ-R2**: Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire - 2nd Revision (Screener
 Sum Version, Adult Retrospective Form) **ACEs**: Adverse Childhood
 Experiences ## Human subjects data All participants included in this study
 provided explicit, written consent that their de-identified data may be
 shared publicly. All indirect and direct identifiers have been removed
 from this data set.