Crosswalk Between Investigator's Areas of Interest and NLSY97 User's Guide Sections

One way users can search for NLSY97 variables in the NLS Investigator is by searching a list of topics known as the Areas of Interest. The crosswalk below provides the user a quick way to match Area of Interest topics with corresponding User's Guide sections.

 

Investigator Area of Interest
Related User's Guide Sections

ASSETS & DEBTS

Assets & Debts
Income

ATTITUDES

 Attitudes
Sexual Activity & Dating
Parent Characteristics

AUTONOMY & CONTROL

 Autonomy & Parental Control

CHILD CARE

 Child Care

CHILD FAMILY BACKGROUND

 Race, Ethnicity & Citizenship

CHILDHOOD RETROSPECTIVE

 Parent Characteristics
Youth Residential History

CHILDREN

Fertility, Pregnancy & Children
Household Composition

COMMON VARIABLES

 Gender
Age of Respondent
Educational Status & Attainment
School Experience
Employers & Jobs

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS

Time Use
Computer & Internet Access

DATING

Sexual Activity & Dating
Marital & Marriage-like Relationships

DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS

Age of Respondent
Gender
Race, Ethnicity & Citizenship
Household & Neighborhood Environment

EDUCATION: ACHIEVEMENT TESTS

 Achievement Tests
Administration of the CAT-ASVAB

EDUCATION: COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

College Experience
Educational Status & Attainment
Assets & Debts

EDUCATION: PIAT

 PIAT Math Test

EDUCATION: SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS

 College Experience
Educational Status & Attainment

EDUCATION: SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

School Experience
Administration of the CAT-ASVAB
PIAT Math Test
Expectations
Time Use
College Experience
Educational Status & Attainment
School-Based Learning Programs
Achievement Tests

EDUCATION: SCHOOL-BASED LEARNING

School-Based Learning Programs
Training

EDUCATION: YOUTH SCHOOLING

School Experience
College Experience

EDUCATIONAL STATUS & ATTAINMENT

 Educational Status & Attainment
Achievement Tests
Expectations
College Experience
School Experience

EMPLOYMENT GAPS

 Employers & Jobs
Fringe Benefits
Gaps in Employment
Job Search

EMPLOYMENT: FRINGE BENEFITS

Fringe Benefits
Gaps in Employment

EMPLOYMENT: INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION                 

Industry
Occupation
Training

EMPLOYMENT: JOB SEARCH                            

Job Search
Gaps in Employment
Labor Force Status

EMPLOYMENT: JOBS & EMPLOYERS                      

Employers & Jobs
Training
Labor Force Status

EMPLOYMENT: LABOR FORCE STATUS                    

Labor Force Status
Employers & Jobs
Job Search

EMPLOYMENT: MILITARY                               

 Employers & Jobs

EMPLOYMENT: SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-Employment Characteristics
Employers & Jobs
Wages

EMPLOYMENT: TENURE W/ EMPLOYER

Tenure
Gaps in Employment
Hours Spent at Work
Wages

EMPLOYMENT: TIME SPENT AT WORK

Hours Spent at Work
Expectations
Tenure
Wages

EMPLOYMENT: WAGES & COMPENSATION

Wages
Income
Hours Spent at Work

EMPLOYMENT: WORK EXPERIENCE

 Employers & Jobs
Work Experience

EXPECTATIONS

Expectations
Alcohol Use
Crime, Delinquency & Arrest
Achievement Tests

FAMILY PROCESS MEASURES

 Attitudes
Autonomy & Parental Control
Crime, Delinquency & Arrest
Drug Use
Household & Neighborhood Environment
Parent Characteristics

FERTILITY AND PREGNANCY

 Expectations
Sexual Activity & Dating
Fringe Benefits
Gaps in Employment
Health

GEOGRAPHIC INDICATORS

Youth Residential History
Geographic Indicators

HEALTH

Health
Drug Use
Alcohol Use
Sexual Activity & Dating

HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS

Household Composition
Household & Neighborhood Environemnt
Crime, Delinquency & Arrest
School Experience
Parent Characteristics
Race, Ethnicity & Citizenship
Income

ILLEGAL ACTIVITY & ARREST             

Attitudes
Crime, Delinquency & Arrest
Drug Use
Expectations

INCOME                                

Income
Program Participation
Wages
Asset & Debts
Parent Characteristics

INTERVIEWER REMARKS                   

Interviewer Remarks, Characteristics & Contacts

LOCATOR                               

Interview Methods

MARRIAGE & COHABITATION               

Marital & Marriage-like Relationships

NON-RES CHARACTERISTICS               

Characteristics of Non-Residential Relatives
Parent Characteristics
Race, Ethnicity & Citizenship

PARENT BACKGROUND                     

Parent Characteristics
Race, Ethnicity & Citizenship
Characteristics of Non-Residential Relatives

PARENT CURRENT STATUS

Parent Characteristics
Characteristics of Non-Residential Relatives
Attitudes
Household & Neighborhood Environement
Income
PARENT FAMILY BACKGROUND Parent Characteristics
Characteristics of Non-Residential Relatives

PARENT INFORMATION

Parent Characteristics
Characteristics of Non-Residential Relatives

PARENT LOCATOR

 Interview Methods

PARENT RETROSPECTIVE

Parent Characteristics
Characteristics of Non-Residential Relatives
Attitudes

PARENTS: CONTACT W/ NON-RES PARENT

 Parent Characteristics
Characteristics of Non-Residential Relatives

PARENTS: INTERACTION BTWN PARENTS              

Attitudes

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

 Political Participation
Attitudes

PRO-SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

 Community Participation & Volunteerism
Attitudes
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION Program Participation
Income

PROGRAM PARTICIPATION: FOOD STAMPS

Program Participation

PROGRAM PARTICIPATION: OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRM Program Participation
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION: TANF Program Participation
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE Program Participation
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION: WIC Program Participation

SAMPLE DESIGN & SCREENING

 Sample Design & Screening Process

SCREENER EXTENDED

 Household Composition

SCREENER HOUSEHOLD

 Household Composition

SCREENER NON-RESIDENT

 Characteristics of Non-Residential Relatives

SEXUAL ACTIVITY

Sexual Activity & Dating
Health

SUBSTANCE USE

Alcohol Use
Drug Use
Crime, Delinquency & Arrest
Health
Autonomy & Parental Control

SURVEY METHODOLOGY

 Interview Methods

SYMBOLS

 Types of Variables: Raw, Symbols, Rosters, and Constructed

TIME USE

Time Use

TIMING

 Item Nonresponse & Interview Timings

TRAINING

Training
School-Based Learning Programs
Employers & Jobs

VALIDATION

 Interview Validation

YOUTH HISTORY

 Youth Residential History

YOUTH LOCATOR

 Youth Residential History
YOUTH SELF-ADMINISTERED Alcohol Use
Drug Use
Cigarette Use
Crime, Delinquency & Arrest
Sexual Activity & Dating

ZIPCODE CD

Geographic Indicators

 

 

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