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Welcome to the CDS-TAS User Guide Wiki

This is the repository for user guides and related documentation for all waves of the PSID Child Development Supplement and PSID Transition into Adulthood Supplement. Contents may be saved in whole or in part to a PDF document.

What are the PSID Child Development Supplement (CDS) and PSID Transition into Adulthood Supplement (TAS)?

The PSID Child Development Supplement (CDS) and Transition into Adulthood Supplement (TAS) are longitudinal, multicohort studies to support research on the well-being of US children and young adults over historical and developmental time in family, school, and neighborhood context.

What is the Panel Study of Income Dynamics?

CDS and TAS are embedded in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), the world’s longest-running nationally representative household panel survey. With over 50 years of information collected from the same families and their descendants, PSID is a cornerstone of the US data infrastructure for empirically based social science research.

Annually between 1968 and 1997 and biennially since then, PSID has collected data on individuals and families that emphasize the dynamic and interactive aspects of family economics, demography, and health. When paired with CDS and TAS, the design and content of PSID enable research on the intergenerational influence of family on child and young adult outcomes and on how childhood and young adulthood shape later health and well-being.

Are you new to CDS or TAS?

Visit the Getting Started page at the CDS-TAS Data Center for a list of resources that provide a general introduction to CDS and TAS.