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 NLSY97
NLSY79
NLSY79-Children-Young Adults
NLS Mature Women and Young Women
NLS Older Men and Young Men
General Documentation
Confidential Data
 

 

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NLSY97
The NLSY97 Geocode data can only be made available to users who have successfully completed a geocode application and signed a confidentiality agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If interested in gaining access to the NLSY97 Geocode data, please review the information at http://stats.bls.gov/nls/nlsgeo97.htm.

The NLSY97 errata is available at http://www.nlsinfo.org/nlsy97/nlsy97_errata.php3.

PLEASE READ: The NLSY97 is now accessed via the Web Investigator only. The locally installed version accessed through the DB Investigator is no longer available. Click the link under "Description" for item NLSY97 to be directed to the Web Investigator page. Please contact NLS User Services for any questions: usersvc@chrr.osu.edu, 614/442-7366.

 
Document Description
NLSY97 Event History and Main File Data Rounds 1-10 Release 2008-09-19 -- url
NLSY97 Round 1 Questionnaire 1997 -- pdf
NLSY97 Round 2 Questionnaire 1998 -- pdf
NLSY97 Round 3 Questionnaire 1999 -- pdf
NLSY97 Round 4 Questionnaire 2000 -- htm
NLSY97 Round 5 Questionnaire 2001 -- zip
NLSY97 Round 6 Questionnaire 2002 -- zip
NLSY97 Round 7 Questionnaire 2003 -- zip
NLSY97 Round 8 Questionnaire 2004 -- zip
NLSY97 Round 9 Questionnaire 2005 -- zip
NLSY97 Round 10 Preliminary Questionnaire 2006 -- htm
NLSY97 Round 11 Preliminary Questionnaire 2007 -- htm
NLSY97 Appendix 9 Family Process & Adolescent Outcome Measures -- pdf
NLSY97 Interviewer Reference Manual -- pdf
Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 1) -- pdf
Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 2) -- pdf
Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 3) -- pdf
Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 4) -- pdf
Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 5) -- zip
Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 6) -- zip
Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 7) -- zip
Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 8) -- zip
Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 9) -- zip
Geocode Codebook Supplement (Round 8) -- zip
Geocode Codebook Supplement (Round 9) -- zip
NLSY97 Technical Sampling Report -- pdf
NLSY97 User Guide -- url

 

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NLSY79
The NLSY79 Geocode data can only be made available to users who have successfully completed a geocode application and signed a confidentiality agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If interested in gaining access to the NLSY79 Geocode data, please review the information at http://stats.bls.gov/nls/nlsgeo79.htm.

The NLSY79 errata is available at http://www.nlsinfo.org/nlsy79/nlsy79_errata.php3.

PLEASE READ: The NLSY79 is now accessed via the Web Investigator only. The locally installed version accessed through the DB Investigator is no longer available. Click the link under "Description" for item NLSY79 to be directed to the Web Investigator page. Please contact NLS User Services for any questions: usersvc@chrr.osu.edu, 614/442-7366.

 
Document Description
NLSY79, 1979-2006, Main File and Work History Data-4/2008 -- url
NLSY79 Augmented Male Fertility Data File 1979-1998 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1979 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1980 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1981 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1982 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1983 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1984 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1985 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1986 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1987 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1988 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1989 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1990 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1991 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1992 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1993 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1994 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1996 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 1998 -- zip
NLSY79 Questionnaire 2000 -- pdf
NLSY79 Questionnaire 2002 -- htm
NLSY79 Questionnaire 2004 -- htm
NLSY79 Questionnaire 2006 -- htm
NLSY79 Questionnaire 2008 Preliminary -- htm
NLSY79 Main File Codebook Supplement 1979-2004 -- zip
NLSY79 Geocode Codebook Supplement 1979-2004 -- zip
High School and Transcript Codebook -- zip
Profiles of American Youth (Attachment 106) and Addendum -- zip
Technical Sampling Report and Addendum -- zip
Household Screener and IRM -- pdf
NLSY79 User Guide 1979-2006 -- url

 

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NLSY79-Children-Young Adults

The Young Adult geocode file, along with the main NLSY79 geocode file, is available on a separate CD to users who have successfully completed a geocode application and signed a confidentiality agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If interested in gaining access to the NLSY79 Young Adult Geocode data, please review the information at http://www.bls.gov/nls/geocodeapp.htm.

The NLSY79 Child and Young Adult Errata and User Notes is available at http://www.nlsinfo.org/nlscya/childya_documentation/childya_errata.php3.

PLEASE READ: The NLSY79 Child and Young Adult data file is now accessed via the Web Investigator only. The locally installed version accessed through the DB Investigator is no longer available. Click the link under "Description" for item Child-Young Adult to be directed to the Web Investigator page. Please contact NLS User Services for any questions: usersvc@chrr.osu.edu, 614/442-7366.

 
Document Description
NLSY79 Child/Young Adult (1986-2006)-revised 2009-01-18 -- url
NLSY79 Child Questionnaires 1986 -- zip
NLSY79 Child Questionnaires 1988 -- zip
NLSY79 Child Questionnaires 1990 -- zip
NLSY79 Child Questionnaires 1992 -- zip
NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Questionnaires 1994 -- zip
NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Questionnaires 1996 -- zip
NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Questionnaires 1998 -- zip
NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Questionnaires 2000 -- zip
NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Questionnaires 2002 -- zip
Child, Mother, and Child Self-Administered Supplements 2004 -- url
Young Adult Questionnaire 2004 -- url
Child and Child Self-Administered Supplements 2006 -- url
2006 Mother Supplement -- url
2006 Child Supplement Assessment-Digit Span -- url
2006 Child Supplement Assessment-PIAT Math -- url
2006 Child Supplement Assessment-PIAT Reading Comprehension -- url
2006 Child Supplement Assessment-PIAT Reading Recognition -- url
2006 Child Supplement Assessment-PPVT -- url
2006 Child Supplement Assessment-SelfPerceptionProfile -- url
Young Adult Questionnaire 2006 -- url
NLSY79 2002 Child/Young Adult Data Users Guide -- pdf
NLSY79 2004 Child/Young Adult Data Users Guide -- url
NLSY79 2006 Child/Young Adult Data Users Guide -- url
NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-1994 -- pdf
NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-1996 -- pdf
NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-1998 -- pdf
NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-2000 -- pdf
NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-2002 -- pdf
NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-2004 -- pdf
NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-2006 -- url
NLSY79 Child Assessment Research Bibliography -- url

 

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NLS Mature Women and Young Women
The NLS Mature Women and Young Women errata is available at http://www.nlsinfo.org/women/my_women_errata.php3.

PLEASE READ: The Mature Women and Young Women data sets are now accessed via the Web Investigator only. The locally installed versions accessed through the DB Investigator are no longer available. Click the link under "Description" to be directed to the Web Investigator page. Please contact NLS User Services for any questions: usersvc@chrr.osu.edu, 614/442-7366.

 
Document Description
Mature Women 1967-2003 data release -- url
Young Women 1968-2003 data release -- url
Mature Women 1989 Pension File -- zip
1967 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1968 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1969 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1971 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1972 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1974 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1976 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1977 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1979 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1981 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1982 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1984 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1986 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1987 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1989 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1992 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1995 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1997 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1999 Mature Women Questionnaire -- pdf
2001 Mature Women Questionnaire -- htm
2003 Mature Women Questionnaire -- htm
Mature Women 1989 Pension Plan Documentation -- pdf
Mature Women Codebook Supplement 1967-2003 -- pdf
Flow Charts, Mature Women -- zip
NLS User's Guide: Mature Women 2001 -- url
1968 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1969 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1970 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1971 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1972 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1973 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1975 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1977 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1978 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1980 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1982 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1983 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1985 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1987 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1988 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1991 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1993 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1995 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1997 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
1999 Young Women Questionnaire -- pdf
2001 Young Women Questionnaire -- htm
2003 Young Women Questionnaire -- htm
Young Women Codebook Supplement 1968-2003 -- pdf
Flow Charts, Young Women -- zip
NLS User's Guide: Young Women 2001 -- url

 

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NLS Older Men and Young Men
The NLS Older Men errata is available at www.nlsinfo.org/men/om_errata.php3.

The NLSY Young Men errata is available at www.nlsinfo.org/boys/ym_errata.php3.

PLEASE READ: The Older Men and Young Men data sets are now accessed via the Web Investigator only. The locally installed versions accessed through the DB Investigator are no longer available. Click the link under "Description" to be directed to the Web Investigator page. Please contact NLS User Services for any questions: usersvc@chrr.osu.edu, 614/442-7366.

 
Document Description
Older Men 1966-1990 data release -- url
Young Men 1967-1981 data release -- url
1966 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1967 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1968 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1969 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1971 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1973 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1975 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1976 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1978 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1980 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1981 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1983 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1990 Older Men Questionnaire -- pdf
Codebook Supplement - Older Men -- pdf
Flow Charts, Mature Men -- zip
1966 Young Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1967 Young Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1968 Young Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1969 Young Men Questionnaire -- url
1970 Young Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1971 Young Men Questionnaire -- url
1973 Young Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1975 Young Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1976 Young Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1978 Young Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1980 Young Men Questionnaire -- pdf
1981 Young Men Questionnaire -- pdf
Codebook Supplement - Young Men -- pdf
Flow Charts, Young Men -- zip

 

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General Documentation
 
Document Description
NLS News, a quarterly newsletter -- url
NLS Annotated Bibliography -- url

 

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Confidential Data
Geocode data can only be made available to users who have successfully completed a geocode application and signed a confidentiality agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If interested in gaining access to the NLSY79 Geocode data, please review the information at stats.bls.gov/nls/nlsdata.htm.
 
Document Description
NLSY97 Round 10 1997-2006 Geocode cd
NLSY79-Child/YA 1979-2006 Geocode cd
 

Last Modified Date: October 19, 2011 - 04:12 PM

 

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