NWHSS Implement Family Member Assessment Component in the Millennium Cohort Study
Abstract
The Family Cohort (FamCo) project s primary objective is to examine empirically the impact of deployment to OEF/OIF on the families of US service members. The study is being conducted in collaboration with the Millennium Cohort Study (MilCo), and will be implemented by adding a family member assessment component to MilCo's Panel 4. Panel 4 was launched during year 2 (7 June 2011), and expects to enroll about 62,000 new participants in MilCo. FamCo will select a probability sample of Panel 4 participants who report in their MilCo baseline assessment that they are married, and ask them to provide contact information including e-mail address for their spouse. The FamCo sample was selected to produce about 10,000 spouse participants, of which about half will be married to a service member who has been deployed to OEF/OIF at least once, and the other half will be married to a service member who has not (yet) been deployed to either of those conflicts. The baseline assessment for FamCo focuses on spouses perceptions of: deployment stressors for family members; health and mental health status of family members; and quality of family interpersonal relationships. Additional relevant information (e.g., health and mental health service utilization, characteristics of sponsor s deployment) will be drawn from military records.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 25, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA619492
Entities
People
- Charles Marmar
- John Fairbank
- William E. Schlenger