National Longitudinal Survey of Youth | 1997

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1997 Cohort
Index to the NLSY97 Cohort

The NLSY97 Cohort is a longitudinal project that follows the lives of a sample of American youth born between 1980-84; 8,984 respondents were ages 12-17 when first interviewed in 1997. This ongoing cohort has been surveyed 20 times to date and is now interviewed biennially. Data are now available from Round 1 (1997-98) to Round 20 (2021-2022). A brief COVID-19 supplement was fielded in spring 2021; these data are also included in the NLSY97 data release.