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Updating, Expanding, and Interpreting Perry Preschool Data through Midlife

Award Number: R01AG042390
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2012
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2017

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Updating, Expanding, and Interpreting Perry Preschool Data through Midlife - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this project is to collect, augment and analyze data on the HighScope Perry Preschool Program (PPP) in order to investigate the effects of this influential early intervention on a variety of outcomes through midlife. The Perry Preschool Program was targeted towards a disadvantaged African American population. Evaluated by the method of random assignment, participants have been followed through age 40. The annual rate of return to each dollar spent on Perry is in the range of 7-10% for both boys and girls. It was especially effective in reducing crime and has had beneficial effects on numerous other outcomes, which survive rigorous testing and statistical scrutiny. Reflecting its initial emphasis on promoting cognition and schooling, previous waves of the Perry data collected very limited information on health and personality and no information on risk aversion, time preferences, early childhood experiences, and plans for retirement, savings and asset positions. We seek support to supplement the dataset by collecting information, both contemporaneously and retrospectively, on key outcomes for an aging sample. We will draw questions from two major US surveys (HRS, the Health and Retirement Survey, and the PSID, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics), to facilitate comparison with outcomes for comparable persons in the aging US population. We will collect information on early childhood which will supplement existing (but previously unused) Perry data on the quality of early home environments. We will also collect objective health data on a set of biomarkers indicating physiological activity across major regulatory systems, and cognitive data using newly created adaptive tests. Primary survey data will be augmented with administrative data on crime and cause of death. Armed with this unique resource, the project will study the midlife effects of supplementing the early life environments of disadvantaged African American children. It will contribute to our understanding of the developmental origins of adult health, and it will explore the roots of aging. It will identify the mechanisms through which early life experiences affect adult outcomes, and it will investigate whether remediation can be sustained when intervening three years after birth. It will develop and apply methods to analyze data from small scale experiments, with multiple outcomes and alterations in the initial sampling plan. Using the enhanced experimental data, it will augment previous analyses of the benefit-cost and rate of return of the Perry Program to include the benefits-if any-on health and mental health both to persons and to society. In partnership with the Pritzker Consortium at the University of Chicago, and leveraging funding with it, we will go beyond meta-analysis to compare the PPP outcomes and mechanisms with those found for other major early childhood programs, including the Abecedarian Program, the Nurse Family Partnership Program, and the Chicago Parent-Child Centers.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = -$3,543 )
2022	2016	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	55 E MONROE ST 30TH FL	CHICAGO	IL	60603	COOK	USA	Aging Research	000	5	10/1/2021	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$3,543
														Subtotal = -$3,543

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = -$16,302 )
2018	2016	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	1155 E 60TH ST	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Aging Research	000	5	1/29/2018	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	-$16,302
														Subtotal = -$16,302

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2017	2016	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	1155 E 60TH ST	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Aging Research	001	5	12/23/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$3,543
2017	2015	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	1155 E 60TH ST	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Aging Research	000	4	12/23/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$3,543
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $198,089 )
2016	2016	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	1165 EAST 60TH STREET	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Aging Research	000	5	6/20/2016	EXTENSION WITH OR WITHOUT FUNDS	$198,089
														Subtotal = $198,089

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $192,627 )
2015	2015	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	1165 EAST 60TH STREET	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Aging Research	000	4	5/18/2015	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$192,627
														Subtotal = $192,627

Issue Date FY: 2014 ( Subtotal = $409,069 )
2014	2014	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	1165 EAST 60TH STREET	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Aging Research	000	3	5/21/2014	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$409,069
														Subtotal = $409,069

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $387,016 )
2013	2013	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	1165 EAST 60TH STREET	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Aging Research	000	2	8/20/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$387,016
														Subtotal = $387,016

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $579,007 )
2012	2012	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	1165 EAST 60TH STREET	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Aging Research	001	1	9/21/2012	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$19,013
2012	2012	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	1165 EAST 60TH STREET	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Aging Research	000	1	8/30/2012	NEW	$559,994
														Subtotal = $579,007

Grand Total All Awards = $1,745,963

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Updating, Expanding, and Interpreting Perry Preschool Data through Midlife

Award Number: R01AG042390

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2012

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2017

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