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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.
R21-2006 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult Release
An 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?
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
Errata for NLSY79 Child Interview Dates 1986-1992
Errata for R19-2000 NLSY79 Child-Young Adult Public Release
Last Modified Date: June 30, 2009 - 06:10 AM
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