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Errata and User Notes
The Web Investigator contains the most recent release of each NLS cohort
with corrections made to items noted in the Errata of prior releases.
Known problems with the current release of the NLSY79 are found below.
Users are urged to access the NLS cohorts through the Web Investigator,
if they are not already doing so. For further questions, please contact
NLS User Services.
R21-2004 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult Update
PPVT 2004 score updates. In 2004 children ages 6-9 years with no previous valid PPVT score were eligible to be administered the PPVT. Of the eligible children in this age range, the following 31 children again did not complete the PPVT in 2004. They should have been assigned scores of -3, instead of -4 as currently listed in the public datafile:
PPV_ PPV_
Obs CPUBID PPVTAge2004 ERROR2004 PPVT2004 BASAL2004 PPVTP2004 PPVTZ2004
1 5702 104 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
2 5703 76 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
3 7502 98 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
4 9102 96 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
5 38503 84 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
6 108805 78 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
7 111001 113 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
8 162502 72 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
9 255801 107 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
10 255802 89 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
11 417601 85 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
12 466401 108 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
13 490602 110 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
14 510403 100 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
15 603901 75 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
16 604302 95 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
17 627502 117 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
18 683501 102 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
19 688701 77 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
20 696801 94 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
21 710601 91 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
22 755301 110 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
23 799701 119 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
24 840803 113 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
25 906703 105 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
26 976302 83 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
27 977205 119 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
28 989202 96 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
29 1030903 74 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
30 1177305 105 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
31 1207803 110 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
R20-2002 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult Public Release
November 2005
Appendix B in the NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Users Guide incorrectly specifies "perseverance" (instead of "cooperation") as an item in the composition of the Temperament "sociability" subscale. The following 3 items (documented with the correct Child reference #s for each survey year) comprise the Sociability scale:
Attitude:
C0525200 CS863131 CHILD'S ATTITUDE 1986
C0715300 CS883330 TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD BEING TESTED 1988
C0926000 CS906021 TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD BEING TESTED 1990
C1115500 CS926135 TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD BEING TESTED 1992
C1222900 CS94EV-1A TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD BEING TESTED 1994
C1539800 CS96EV-1A TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD BEING TESTED 1996
C1784900 CS98EV-1A TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD BEING TESTED 1998
C2295500 CSEV-1A TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD BEING TESTED 2000
C2574800 CSEV-1A TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S ATTITUDE TOWARD BEING TESTED 2002
Rapport:
C0525300 CS863132 CHILD'S RAPPORT 1986
C0715400 CS883331 TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S RAPPORT WITH INTERVIEWER 1988
C0926100 CS906023 TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S RAPPORT WITH INTERVIEWER 1990
C1115600 CS926137 TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S RAPPORT WITH INTERVIEWER 1992
C1223000 CS94EV-1B TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S RAPPORT WITH INTERVIEWER 1994
C1539900 CS96EV-1B TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S RAPPORT WITH INTERVIEWER 1996
C1785000 CS98EV-1B TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S RAPPORT WITH INTERVIEWER 1998
C2295600 CSEV-1B TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S RAPPORT WITH INTERVIEWER 2000
C2574900 CSEV-1B TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S RAPPORT WITH INTERVIEWER 2002
Cooperation (NOT perseverance):
C0525500 CS863134 CHILD'S COOPERATION 1986
C0715600 CS883333 TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S COOPERATION 1988
C0926300 CS906027 TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S COOPERATION 1990
C1115800 CS926141 TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S COOPERATION 1992
C1223200 CS94EV-1D TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S COOPERATION 1994
C1540100 CS96EV-1D TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S COOPERATION 1996
C1785200 CS98EV-1D TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S COOPERATION 1998
C2295800 CSEV-1D TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S COOPERATION 2000
C2575100 CSEV-1D TESTING CONDITIONS: CHILD'S COOPERATION 2002
R20-2002 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult Public Release
June 2005
The following YA2002 items have the wrong distribution code assigned to them.
The correct codes are as follows:
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Reference Question
Number Variable Description Number
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Y14009.00 HOW OFTEN DOES R ARGUE WITH PARENTS ABOUT RULES? YASR-3HB
Y14012.00 HOW OFTEN DOES MOM KNOW WHO R IS WITH OUTSIDE THE HOME? YASR-3HE
Y14014.00 HOW OFTEN DOES DAD KNOW WHO R IS WITH WHEN R IS NOT HOME? YASR-3HG
Y14016.00 HOW OFTEN DOES STEP-DAD KNOW WHO R IS WITH WHEN R NOT HOME? YASR-3HI
Correct distribution code:
1 Often
2 Sometimes
3 Hardly ever
Y14010.00 HOW MUCH DOES R TELL PARENTS ABOUT WHO THEY SOCIALIZE WITH? YASR-3HC
Correct distribution code:
1 Nothing at all
2 Just a little
3 Some
4 A lot
NLSY79 Child Interview Dates 1986-1992
A file is now available that contains the dates on which the NLSY79 Child and Mother Supplements were administered in the pre-CAPI survey years, 1986-1992. These interview dates will be included in the next public release. Only the 1986 and 1994-2002 Child Supplement and Mother Supplement interview dates are currently on the public 1986-2002 Child-YA data file. The comma-delimited file ('csms_doi86to92.csv') has a header row with the names of the variables, so it may also be opened directly by spreadsheet or similar programs. These variables are included in the following file: CSMS1986to1992.zip
IMPORTANT NOTE: The interview dates on this raw data file have NOT been edited or cleaned and appear as they were recorded by interviewers in the field. Users who wish an accurate child age at the date of the child's interview should use the CSAGE and MSAGE variables provided in the CHILD BACKGROUND area of interest on the public Child data file. Users who wish to identify a child's interview status in a particular survey round should rely on the Child sampling weights for each survey year (values greater than 0).
R19-2000 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult Public Release
Cases deleted from file. The following child cases have been deleted from the R19-2000 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult file: Child Public ID = 318802, 318803, 567001, 864903, 902102,1031303. A review of the longitudinal main Youth record has shown that these cases are duplicates, nonbiological children, or non-live births previously reported by NLSY79 respondents.
Case Edit for CINTRV2000 (C00115.07). There are two Child cases in the current file for which the R19-2000 child interview status flag (CINTRV2000, C00115.07, "INTERVIEW STATUS OF CHILD") and the child sampling weight for 2000 (CSAMWT2000, C24955., "CHILD SAMPLING WEIGHT") disagree. For case CPUBID=256503, the child interview status flag C00115.07 should be recoded to 0; the child sampling weight (C24955.) value of 0 for this case is correct. For case CPUBID=745801, a telephone interview was completed for the child, even though the child was part of the excluded over sample in 2000. Thus, the child interview status flag C00115.07 has a value of 1 (indicating that the Child Supplement was administered) and a child sampling weight of 0 because the child was in the deleted over sample. Users may decide to recode the interview status value for this case depending on their analysis. See below for an explanation of the deleted over sample in 2000.
Over samples reduced in 2000. In Round 19-2000, due to funding constraints, children of the black and Hispanic over samples were reduced by about 38%. These excluded cases were randomly selected and will be eligible for re-interview in Round 20-2002.
HOME Recode short titles. Several of the home recode titles (e.g., C19028., C19055., C19082., C25091., C25119., and C25146.) do not have a space between the "&" and the next word (e.g., &DAD). When running SAS this produces a warning, but does not affect the use of the title.
Child cases with no mother interview. In R19-2000 two children (Public ID =11202, 592604) were interviewed whose mothers were not. Users will notice that variables tied to the mother's interview date, such as agech2000 (C00047.45) or agemom2000 (C00382.37) are missing. Users may want to default to the child's age at the date of assessment (csage2000, C00070.47) for agech2000.
Interview status flags reduced and simplified. In R19-2000, the set of child interview status flags has been reduced to 7 from 8 for 1994-1998. The key child interview status flag (CINTRV2000) has been created as a dichotomous rather than a 7-category variable as in 1998.
Last Modified Date: October 12, 2009 - 01:03 PM
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