NLSY79 Children

NLS Youth '79 Child & Young Adult Cohort

Short Description: 
Biological children of women in the NLSY79
Short Title: 
NLSY79 Child and Young Adult
Long Name: 
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child and Young Adult
Investigator URL: 
https://www.nlsinfo.org/investigator/pages/search?s=NLSCYA
Abbreviation: 
NLSCYA
Nav Title: 
NLSY79 Child/YA

Data Addition: New Work and School Status Variables Created

Five new variables per round have been constructed for the NLSY79 Young Adult to give users summary measures of the school and work status of Young Adult respondents on the date of their interview in a given round. These new variables are as follows:

SCHOOLyy:  ENROLLMENT STATUS OF R AT DATE OF INTERVIEW - CONSTRUCTED

Appendix G: NLSY79 Child Assessment Scores, Reference Numbers (2010-2014)

Assessment Scores on the NLSY79 Child File, 2010

Assessment 2010 Scores   Assessment 2010 Scores
Raw Percentile

Errata for 2012 Child/Young Adult Release

Most Recently Posted Errata/Updates

Data Addition: Relationship of person(s) providing financial assistance [posted 2/22/2016]

Attachment 100: Codebook Pages for Young Adult Geocode Data

This attachment presents codebook pages for the restricted-use Young Adult geocode variables. These codebook pages show the answer categories, frequency distributions, and other related information for the variables available on the geocode CD. These pages are provided to help users determine whether the geocode information would be appropriate for their research needs in terms of content, sample size, etc.

Appendix D, Part 3c: BPI Total Scores

Raw, Percentile, and Standard Scores by Age of Child

Age 4

Raw Score Percentile Score Standard Score
0 120 82
1 153 85
2 192 87
3 237 89

Appendix D, Part 3b: BPI Externalizing Subscale

Raw, Percentile, and Standard Scores by Age of Child

Age 4

Raw Score Percentile Score Standard Score
0 127 83
1 172 86
2 226 89
3 288 92

Appendix D, Part 3a: BPI Internalizing Subscale

Raw, Percentile, and Standard Scores by Age of Child

Age 4

Raw Score Percentile Score Standard Score
0 172 86
1 306 92
2 474 99
3 646 106

Errata for 2000 Child/Young Adult Release

The Investigator contains the most recent release of each NLS cohort. Known problems with the current release of the Child-Young Adult are found below. Corrections have been made to items noted in the Errata of prior releases. For further questions, please contact NLS User Services.

Errata for 2002 Child/Young Adult Release

The Investigator contains the most recent release of each NLS cohort. Known problems with the current release of the Child-Young Adult are found below. Corrections have been made to items noted in the Errata of prior releases. For further questions, please contact NLS User Services.

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