Mature Women TOC

Table of Contents and Introduction

1.1 The NLS of Mature Women Cohort

1.2 The NLS

1.3 Surveys of the Mature Women

1.4 The Data via Download and on CD

1.5 Organization of the Guide

Chapter 2: Sample Design and Attrition

2.1 Sample Design

2.2 Screening Process

2.3 Sampling Process

2.4 Interview Schedule & Fielding Periods

2.5 Interview Methods

2.6 Eligible Sample & Reasons for Noninterview

2.7 Sample Representativeness and Attrition

2.8 Sample Weights

Chapter 3: Guide to the Mature Women Data

3.1 Survey Instruments and Related Documentation

3.2 Types of Variables

3.3 Mature Women Codebook System

3.4 Data File Search Functions

Chapter 4: Topical Guide to the Mature Women

4.1 Age

4.2 Alcohol Use

4.3 Attitudes & Expectations

4.4 Child Care

4.5 Cigarette Use

4.6 Class of Worker

4.7 Discrimination

4.8 Educational Status & Attainment

4.9 Family Background

4.10 Fertility

4.11 Fringe Benefits

4.12 Geographic Residence & Environmental Characteristics

4.13 Health

4.14 Household Composition

4.15 Income & Assets

4.16 Industries

4.17 Job Satisfaction

4.18 Job Search

4.19 Labor Force Status

4.20 Marital Status & Marital Transitions

4.21 Occupations & Occupational Prestige Indices

4.22 Pension Benefits & Pension Plans

4.23 Public Assistance Support Services

4.24 Race, Ethnicity & Nationality

4.25 Social Security & Disability

4.26 Training

4.27 Transfers

4.28 Wages

4.29 Work Experience

Appendices

Appendix A: Quick Reference Guide

Appendix B: Original Cohort Dictionary of Key Words

Appendix C: Unpacking Multiple Entries

Acknowledgments

The National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women is sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, and conducted by the Census Bureau and the Center for Human Resource Research at The Ohio State University. The Social Security Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau and Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration have provided additional funding.

This document pays tribute to the initiators of the NLS, Herbert S. Parnes and Howard Rosen, who had the vision to see that the collection of longitudinal data on the labor force experience of American men and women could provide a basis for policies fostering more efficient and equitable labor markets. Additional thanks are given to the NLS of Mature Women cohort’s current Principal Investigator, Randall Olsen, Pat Rhoton, the archivist for the Mature Women’s cohort, and Ronald Dopkowski, Chief of the Special Surveys Branch, in the Demographic Surveys Division at the Census Bureau. These people are key to the success of the survey.

Special thanks go to the following members of the CHRR documentation and archival teams and the Census Bureau team: Renee Arion, Lisa Berman, John Bloxham, Tiffany Chase, Yolonda Chisolm, Eric Fischer, Jennifer Hering, Amanda McClain, Vicki McIntire, Shawn Miller, Mary Parker, Joyce Holland Ray, Dameka Reese, Cheryl Segrist, Rob Wallace, Anthony Whyde, and Jay Zagorsky. Special thanks also go to the interviewers, field representatives, and Census Bureau regional office supervisors.

Linda Boyer

Editor

Help and Information

This manual is one of a set of user-oriented documents available to the NLS research community containing information on the Original Cohorts (Older Men, Young Men, Mature Women, and Young Women), the NLSY79, the Children of the NLSY79, and the NLSY97. Appendix A in this document contains a quick reference guide to essential information about the NLS and the Mature Women cohort. Persons needing more information on the NLS in general or the NLS cohort groups are encouraged to obtain copies of the NLS Handbook. Summaries of research completed on the NLS over the past several decades are presented on-line in the NLS Annotated Bibliography of Research, located at http://www.nlsbibliography.org. Persons needing detailed information on the other cohorts should read the NLS of Young Women User’s Guide, the NLSY79 User’s Guide, the NLSY97 User’s Guide, and the NLSY79 Child and Young Adult Data Users Guide; contact User Services for more information on the men’s cohorts. Ordering information for NLS documentation and data sets is available from NLS User Services, 921 Chatham Lane, Suite 100, Columbus, OH 43221-2418; Phone (614) 442-7366, fax (614) 442-7329, by e-mail at usersvc@postoffice.chrr.ohio-state.edu, or on the NLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/nls.

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