The NLSY97 survey provides data on respondents' experiences with pregnancy, children, and marriage or marriage-like relationships. Throughout the survey, a marriage-like relationship is defined as a sexual relationship in which partners of the opposite sex live together.
Table 1 summarizes the topics available in this section and any global universe restrictions affecting those topics.
Table 1. Marital History & Fertility Topics and Universe Restrictions
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NLSY97 User's Guide Topic |
Round 1 Universe |
Round 2 Universe |
Rounds 3 and 4 Universe |
Rounds 5 to 11 |
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Includes type of child care used, number of hours, who paid for child care, etc. |
-- | -- | -- | female with resident child under age 13. Rounds 5 and 9 include a longer series of questions that provided more details about child care. Rounds 5 and 9 also include some questions about hypothetical child care asked to respondents without children. | |
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Pregnancies not ending in live birth |
Female >=14 as of 12/31/96 |
>=14 as of 12/31/97 |
all ages |
all ages |
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Fertility and children Information gathered on respondents giving birth and fathering children. Details about each live birth include birthdate, gender, residence, etc. |
all ages |
all ages |
all ages |
all ages |
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Adopted children Details about adopted children include birthdate, gender, residence, etc. |
child reported on household roster |
>=17 as of 12/31/97 or child on HH roster |
>=17 as of 12/31/98 (rd 3) or 12/31/99 (rd 4) or child on HH roster |
all ages |
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Marital/Marriage-Like Relationships Includes marital and cohabitation status as well as details on spouse/partner |
16 as of 12/31/96 |
>=16 as of 12/31/97 |
>=16 as of 12/31/98 (rd 3) or 12/31/99 (rd 4) |
all ages |
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