Information has been gathered on NLSY97 respondents' attitudes, expectations of the future, non-cognitive tests, and activities such as weekly activities, political and community participation, and computer use. Table 1 summarizes the NLSY97 topics available in this section.
Table 1. Expectations, Attitudes, Behaviors & Time Use Topics and Universe Restrictions
|
NLSY97 User's Guide Topic |
Rnd 1 |
Rnd 2 |
Rnd 3 |
Rnds 4&5 Universe |
Rnd 6 Universe | Rnd 7 Universe | Rnd 8 Universe | Rnd 9 Universe | Rnd 10 Universe | Rnd 11 Universe | Rnd 12 Universe | Rnd 13 Universe | |
|
Justice Systems Conjecture on events that might follow a hypothetical arrest |
all ages |
all ages |
all ages |
all ages |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
|
Parents Respondents rate parents' behavior |
12-14 |
12-14 |
12-14 |
12-14 |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
|
Peers Estimates of peers' positive and negative activities and behaviors |
all ages |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Best friend: |
-- | all ages | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
|
School Opinions about school environment, including teacher quality, discipline, and safety |
all ages; enrolled in school |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
|
Self Scale similar to Achenbach's Youth Self Report |
12-14 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Domains of influence Who the respondents turn to for advice for a number of issues |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- | all ages | -- | all ages | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Mental Health Measures Respondents rate their mental health via Mental Health Inventory |
-- |
-- |
-- |
all ages; round 4 | all ages | all ages | -- | all ages | -- | all ages | |||
"Tell Us What You Think" Opinions about different topics; varies by round |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
all ages | all ages | all ages | all ages | |
|
Respondents' and parents' beliefs about what the respondents' future might be |
15, 16 |
-- |
-- |
all ages |
16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
|
Amount of time respondent spends on various activities |
12-14 16--not enrolled or employed |
>=15--not enrolled or employed | >=15--not enrolled or employed | -- |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
|
Voting habits, etc. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- | -- | all ages | -- | all ages | -- | all ages | -- | |
|
How and where respondent uses computer. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- | all ages | all ages | all ages | all ages | all ages | all ages | all ages (limited to one variable about Internet access) | |
|
Community Participation & Volunteerism Any unpaid volunteer work; reason for participation. |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | all ages | -- | all ages | -- | -- | |
| Note: Age restrictions as of 12/31/1996 unless stated otherwise. | |||||||||||||