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Investigator Area of Interest
Related User's Guide Sections

ACHIEVEMENT TESTS

 Achievement Tests
Administration of the CAT-ASVAB

ASSETS & DEBTS

Assets & Debts
Income

ASVAB

 Administration of the CAT-ASVAB

ATTITUDES

 Attitudes
Sexual Activity & Dating
Parent Characteristics

AUTONOMY & CONTROL

 Autonomy & Parental Control

CHILD CARE

 Childcare

CHILD FAMILY BACKGROUND

 Race, Ethnicity & Citizenship

CHILDHOOD RETROSPECTIVE

 Parent Characteristics
Youth Residential History

CHILDREN

 Fertility, Pregnancy & Children
Household Composition

COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

College Experience
Educational Status & Attainment
Assets & Debts

COMMON VARIABLES

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

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS

 Time Use

CONTACT W/ NON-RES PARENT

 Parent Characteristics
Characteristics of Non-Residential Relatives

CREATED VARIABLES

 PIAT Math Test
College Experience
Educational Status & Attainment
School Experience
Labor Force Status
Tenure
Hours Spent at Work
Wages
Work Experience
Age of Respondent
Geographic Indicators
Household Composition
Parent Characteristics
Race, Ethnicity, & Citizenship
Youth Residential History
Assets & Debts
Income
Program Participation

DATING

Sexual Activity & Dating
Marital & Marriage-like Relationships

DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS

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

ED STATUS & ATTAINMENT

 Educational Status & Attainment
Achievement Tests
Expectations
College Experience
School Experience

EMPLOYMENT GAPS

 Employers & Jobs
Fringe Benefits
Gaps in Employment
Job Search

EVENT HISTORY

Employers & Jobs
Marital & Marriage-Like Relationships
Program Participation
Educational Status & Attainment

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

FRINGE BENEFITS

Fringe Benefits
Gaps in Employment

GEOGRAPHIC INDICATORS

Youth Residential History
Geographic Indicators

GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROG

 Program Participation

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

INDUSTRY & OCCUPATION                 

Industry
Occupation
Training

INTERACTION BTWN PARENTS              

Attitudes

INTERVIEWER REMARKS                   

Interviewer Remarks

JOB SEARCH                            

Job Search
Gaps in Employment
Labor Force Status

JOBS & EMPLOYERS                      

Employers & Jobs
Training
Labor Force Status

LABOR FORCE STATUS                    

Labor Force Status
Employers & Jobs
Job Search

LOCATOR                               

Interview Methods

MARRIAGE & COHABITATION               

Attitudes

MILITARY                               

 Employers & Jobs

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

PIAT

 PIAT Math Test

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

 Income

PROGRAM PARTICIPATION

Program Participation
Income

ROSTER ITEM

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

SAMPLE DESIGN & SCREENING

 Sample Design & Screening Process

SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS

 College Experience
Educational Status & Attainment

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

SCHOOL-BASED LEARNING

School-Based Learning Programs
Training

SCREENER EXTENDED

 Household Composition

SCREENER HOUSEHOLD

 Household Composition

SCREENER NON-RESIDENT

 Characteristics of Non-Residential Relatives

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-Employment Characteristics
Employers & Jobs
Wages

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

TANF

 Program Participation

TENURE W/ EMPLOYER

Tenure
Gaps in Employment
Hours Spent at Work
Wages

TIME SPENT AT WORK

Hours Spent at Work
Expectations
Tenure
Wages

TIME USE

Time Use

TIMING

 Interview Methods

TRAINING

Training
School-Based Learning Programs
Employers & Jobs

TRANSCRIPT SURVEY

School & Transcript Surveys
Achievement Tests

VALIDATION

 Validation

WAGES & COMPENSATION

Wages
Income
Hours Spent at Work

WORK EXPERIENCE

 Employers & Jobs
Work Experience

YOUTH HISTORY

 Youth Residential History

YOUTH LOCATOR

 Family Background & Demographic Characteristics

YOUTH SELF-ADMINISTERED

Alcohol Use
Drug Use
Cigarette Use
Crime, Delinquency & Arrest
Sexual Activity & Dating

 

 

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