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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. R22-2006 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult ReleaseAn error in the construction of the information sheet flag indicating whether or not the father of the respondent is deceased led respondents whose last Young Adult interview was in 2004 to have this flag indicate incorrectly that their father was deceased. These respondents were subsequently skipped over questions concerning their contact with and closeness to their fathers. Users should note that respondents who were first-time Young adults in 2006 were unaffected by this problem and were branched correctly into questions concerning their biological fathers, as were older Young Adults who were noninterviews in 2004 but interviewed in 2006. Users should also note that some of the affected questions would only have been asked of respondents under age 21; users are encouraged to consult the questionnaire to determine ship patterns surrounding these questions. The affected questions, which will show a higher than expected level of missing values, are as follows: Q2-26 IS FATHER OF R LIVING AT THIS TIME? Q2-28 DO MOTHER AND FATHER OF R LIVE IN SAME HOUSEHOLD? Q2-29 WHEN DID R LAST LIVE WITH FATHER? Q2-29A TIME UNIT OF WHEN R LAST LIVED WITH FATHER Q2-29B LEFT HOUSEHOLD BEFORE BORN/NEVER LIVED WITH US Q2-31 HOW LONG AGO DID FATHER LEAVE HOUSEHOLD OF R? Q2-31A HOW LONG AGO DID FATHER LEAVE HOUSEHOLD OF MOTHER? Q2-31B TIME UNIT FOR HOW LONG AGO FATHER LEFT HOUSEHOLD OF R/MOTHER Q2-33 DID FATHER WORK FOR PAY ALL OF 2005, PART, OR NOT AT ALL? FATHOCC OCCUPATION OF FATHER AT LONGEST JOB (CENSUS 3 DIGIT) [not in preliminary release] Q2-33C DID FATHER WORK > 35 HOURS PER WEEK AT MOST RECENT JOB IN WEEKS WORKED Q2-33CC DID FATHER WORK > 35 HOURS PER WEEK AT MOST RECENT JOB WHEN HE LAST WORKED Q2-34 HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED BY FATHER Q2-34A NUMBER OF MILES R LIVES AWAY FROM BIOLOGICAL FATHER Q2-35 HOW OFTEN R SEES FATHER Q2-35A HOW OFTEN HAS R HAD CONTACT WITH FATHER IN PAST YEAR YASR-4D HOW CLOSE DOES R FEEL TO FATHER? R22-2006 NLSY79 Child: Errata/Documentation Update1) NLSY79 Child HOME recode items for ages 6-9 and 10-14 The documentation for items HOME-C09, HOME-C10, HOME-D08, and HOME-D09 is listed incorrectly in Appendices A-2c & A-2d of the NLSY79 Child Young Adult Data Users Guide. The correct recoding of values for these items appears below:
2) Appendix B in the 2004 and 2006 NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Data Users Guides Appendix B in the 2004 and 2006 NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Data Users Guides does not specify the precise question names of the items that comprise the Sociability scale for survey years 1986-1998. In the 1986-1992 survey years, the questions are named according to deck and column from the paper questionnaires. From 1994-1998, the naming convention for these three items is as follows: CSYYEV-1A, CSYYEV-1B, CSYYEV-1C, where "YY" refers to the survey year. The correctly documented items for 1986-1998 are as follows: Appendix B. Temperament Scales - Sociability: Qnames for 1986-1998
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 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 Cooperation: 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 Appendix B in the 2000 and 2002 NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Data Users Guides incorrectly specifies "perseverance" (instead of "cooperation") as an item in the composition of the Temperament "sociability" subscale. The following “cooperation” item (documented with the Child question names and reference #s for each survey year) is part of the Sociability scale, not the perseverance item:
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 Please note that Appendix B in the Child/Young Adult Data Users Guide after 2002 correctly specifies the composition of the sociability scale. NLSY79 Child/YA guides prior to 2000 did not contain this appendix.
3) Child Maternal Workhistory: Employment in Weeks before and after birth Corrected data for the 11,428 cases as of 2004 can be downloaded from here. This file contains CPUBID, CBIRWEEK, PRVNOWRK, RETRNWRK. Corrected data for the 42 new cases in 2006 can be downloaded from here. This file contains CPUBID, CBIRWEEK, PRVNOWRK, RETRNWRK. Errata for R21-2004 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult Update Errata for R20-2002 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult Public Releases November & June Errata for NLSY79 Child Interview Dates 1986-1992 Errata for R19-2000 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult Public Release
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