New Data Available: Toledo Adolescent Relationship Study (TARS) Wave 6
The Toledo Adolescent Relationship Study (TARS) series explores how experiences associated with age, gender, race, and ethnicity influence the meaning of dating relationships. The series further investigates the relative impact of dating partners and peers on sexual behavior, contraceptive practices, and involvement in other problem behaviors that can contribute independently to sexual risk-taking.
Wave 6 examines the effect of parental incarceration on a range of child well-being outcomes, including conduct problems, academic readiness/achievement, and emotional and physical health, among children born to participants in the TARS study. Child outcomes also include internalizing and externalizing problems. Also included in the study are parental disadvantages including variation in the objective and subjective indicators of economic marginality, relationship difficulties, perceived stress, depression, and lack of social support.
Funding is provided through the Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice with data available through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) and cross-listed by DSDR.
Access the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS): Wave 6, 2018-2020 study page
May 17, 2024