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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97)

Errata for NLSY97 Round 14 Release

Corrections and changes to the NLSY97 data

PUBID and INTERVIEW variables on NEWSCHOOL roster - Rounds 3 through 13

A number of edits across nearly all rounds were made to these variables. Many colleges and a few high schools were incorrectly identified as newly reported schools in the respondents school histories. The edits were made to provide the correct pubid and round that the school was first reported. The following number of edits were made to these variables:

  • Round 3:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 2
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 2
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 1
  • Round 4:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 1
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 1
  • Round 5:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 7
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 -24
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 3
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 7
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 24
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.03 - 3
  • Round 6:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 24
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 -33
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 1
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 24
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 33
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.03 - 1
  • Round 7:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 39
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 -25
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 1
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 39
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 25
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.03 - 1
  • Round 8:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 60
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 -20
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 63
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 20
  • Round 9:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 7
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 -20
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 2
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 70
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 20
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.03 - 1
  • Round 10:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 75
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 - 13
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 74
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 13
  • Round 11:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 86
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 - 7
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 86
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 7
  • Round 12:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 124
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 -16
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 1
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 125
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 16
  • Round 13:
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.01 - 249
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.02 -30
    • NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.03 - 1
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.01 - 251
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.02 - 31
    • NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.03 - 2

Created education variables - Round 3 through Round 13

We continue to conduct checks on the consistencies among the created education variables and across different survey years. When inconsistencies were found, we incorporated the information collected from all rounds to arrive at the created variables. These checks resulted in the following hand edits for the created variables listed below:

  • Round 3:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 1
    • CV_HGC_9900 - 1
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 1
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_9900 - 1
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 1
    • CV_HS_DIPLOMA - 1
  • Round 5:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 1
    • CV_HGC_0102 - 2
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 2
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0102 - 2
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 2
    • CV_HS_DIPLOMA - 2
  • Round 6:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 3
    • CV_HGC_0203 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0203 - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HS_DIPLOMA - 3
  • Round 7:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 2
    • CV_HGC_0304 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0304 - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HS_DIPLOMA - 3
  • Round 8:
    • CV_BA_DEGREE - 2
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 5
    • CV_HGC_0405 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0405 - 4
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 5
    • CV_HS_DIPLOMA - 3
  • Round 9:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 4
    • CV_HGC_0506 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0506 - 5
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 5
  • Round 10:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT_EDT - 4
    • CV_HGC_0607 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0607 - 7
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 7
  • Round 11:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT - 6
    • CV_HGC_0708 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0708 - 10
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 10
  • Round 12:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT - 10
    • CV_HGC_0809 - 2
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 2
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0809 - 17
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 20
  • Round 13:
    • CV_ENROLLSTAT - 6
    • CV_HGC_0910 - 3
    • CV_HGC_EVER_EDT - 3
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0910 - 16
    • CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT - 18

Created highest degree variables - Round 10 through Round 12

The following variables were updated for PUBID=7012 due to corrections to NEWSCHOOL_INTERVIEW.xx and NEWSCHOOL_PUBID.xx:

QNAMES

YEARS

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0607

2006

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT

2006

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0708

2007

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT

2007

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_0809

2008

CV_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER_EDT

2008

Created schools attended variables - Round 3 through Round 13

A review of the school identifiers on the NEWSCHOOLD_ roster uncovered some high schools that were listed as new to the respondent rather than a school the respondent attended in an earlier round. These corrections caused the updates to the following number of schools attended variables:

  • Round 3:
    • CV_SCH_ATTEND_EVER - 1
    • CV_SCH_ATTEND_YR - 1

Created marriage and cohabitation variables - Round 5 through Round 13

Due to additional information gathered during the round 13 marriage section, a number of updates were made to created marriage and cohabitation variables. The variables, round and number of affected respondents are below:

Variable Name

R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13

CV_COHAB_TTL

1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

CV_FIRST_MARRY_DATE~M

2 4 4 9 10 28 50 - -

CV_FIRST_MARRY_DATE~Y

2 4 4 9 10 28 50 - -

CV_FIRST_MARRY_MONTH

2 4 4 9 10 28 50 - -

CV_FIRST_COHAB_DATE~M

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - -

CV_FIRST_COHAB_DATE~Y

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - -

CV_FIRST_CONHAB_MONTH

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - -

CV_MARRIAGES_TTL

3 5 6 11 11 28 49 50 47

CV_MARSTAT

3 5 8 14 17 36 54 51 51

CV_MARSTAT_COLLAPSED

4 6 8 14 16 35 54 51 49

Created child birth date/residence status - Round 12

Data from the current round led to updated information on the children of respondents. The affected variables and number of respondents are the following:

PUBID

QNAMES

YEARS
3703

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.01~M

2008
3703

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.01~M

2008
3703

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.01

2008
6056

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.02~M

2009
6056

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.02~Y

2009
6056

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.02

2009
6056

CV_CHILD_STATUS.02

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.05~M

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.05~Y

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.05

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_STATUS.05

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.03~M

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.03~Y

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.03

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_STATUS.03

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.04~M

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.04~Y

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.04

2009
1374

CV_CHILD_STATUS.04

2009
8778

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.01~Y

2009
8778

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.01

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.01~Y

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.01

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.02~M

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.02~Y

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.02

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.01~Y

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.01

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.02~M

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.02

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_DATE.03~M

2009
5961

CV_CHILD_BIRTH_MONTH.03

2009