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Source: Employment and Disability Institute (EDI)
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1. Wittenburg, David C.
Stapleton, David C.
Summary Review of Data Sources for School to Work Transitions by Youth with Disabilities - Policy Brief
Policy Brief (September 2002), Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University.
Also: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1177&context=edicollect
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Employment and Disability Institute (EDI)
Keyword(s): Data Quality/Consistency; Disability; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth); Probability judgments (also see Risk Perception); Program Participation/Evaluation; Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP); Transition, School to Work

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This brief summarizes our findings from a review of potential data sources to examine school-to-work transitions by youth with disabilities (Wittenburg and Stapleton, 2000). Our objective was to identify data sources for future school-to-work analyses that contain longitudinal information on youth with disabilities.

We conclude that the following data sources are most promising based on our selection criteria: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP); National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health); Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) 911 Database and RSA's Longitudinal Study of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR); state administrative data (multiple states); National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88); National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students (NLTS); National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students-2 (NLTS-2); and National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: 1997 (NLSY97).

Bibliography Citation
Wittenburg, David C. and David C. Stapleton. "Summary Review of Data Sources for School to Work Transitions by Youth with Disabilities - Policy Brief." Policy Brief (September 2002), Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University.