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This page presents two tables summarizing selected variables from the Young Men and the Older Men surveys (use the drop-down menu to select either the YM or OM table). The tables list individual items or groups of related items, with asterisks in the year columns indicating the survey years in which the variables(s) are available. Users are encouraged to consult the questionnaires for exact question wording in each survey round.
Selected Young Men variables by survey year: Respondents ages 14 to 24 in 1966
I. Labor Market Experience Variables
A. Current labor force and employment status
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Survey week labor force and employment status | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Hours worked in survey week | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
Weeks worked (time frames vary) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Usual hours worked during weeks worked | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
Weeks unemployed, out of labor force (time frames vary) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Spells of unemployment in past year | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
B. Characteristics of current or last job
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Occupation, industry, class of worker | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Start date and stop date | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Hours per week usually worked | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Hourly rate of pay | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Commuting time, costs | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
Covered by collective bargaining | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
Is R union member | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
Job Characteristics Inventory | * | |||||||||||
Fringe benefits available | * | * | ||||||||||
Shift worked | * | * | * | * |
C. Work experience prior to initial survey
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Occupation and industry of job held during last year in high school | * | |||||||||||
Occupation, industry, class of worker, start date, stop date, and reason for leaving first job after leaving school (details vary) | * |
D. Work experience since previous survey
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Occupation, industry, class of worker, hours per week, start date, stop date, and reason for leaving intervening jobs (details vary) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
Interfirm mobility (details vary) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
II. Human Capital and Other Socioeconomic Variables
A. Early formative influences
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Nationality | * | |||||||||||
Type of residence at age 14 and age 18 | * | |||||||||||
Person(s) R lived with at age 14 | * | |||||||||||
Occupation of head of household when R was 14 | * | |||||||||||
Highest grade completed by father and mother | * | |||||||||||
Were magazines, newspapers, library cards available in home when R was age 14 | * | |||||||||||
Parental encouragement to continue education past high school | * | * | * |
B. Migration
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Years at current residence | * | |||||||||||
Comparison of birthplace to current residence | * | |||||||||||
Geographic mobility | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
C. Education
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Current enrollment status | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Highest grade completed | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Reason stopped attending high school | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||
Is current school public | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
High school curriculum | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
High school subjects enjoyed most and least | * | |||||||||||
High school activities | * | |||||||||||
Index of high school quality | * | |||||||||||
Index of college quality | * | * | ||||||||||
College (attended, highest degree received, field of study) | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||
College tuition (full-time amount) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
Financial aid in college (types and amount) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
Reason R left college | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
Reason R's college plans have changed | * | * | * | * | * |
D. Training outside regular school
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Any training or educational program (did R take, current enrollment status, type, sponsor, duration, hours per week attended) (details vary) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Does R use additional training on current job | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
E. Health and physical condition
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Does health limit work | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
Does health limit school activity | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||
Duration of health limitations | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||
Problematic activities and working conditions | * | * | * | |||||||||
Accidents (on-the-job, how, when) | * | |||||||||||
Comparison of R’s condition with past | * | * | * | |||||||||
Is R able to go outdoors, use public transportation, or do personal care without help | * | * | * | |||||||||
Does wife's health limit her work; duration of wife's limitations | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||||
Does others' health limit R's work | * | * | * |
F. Marital and family characteristics
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Marital status | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Marital history | * | * | * | * | ||||||||
Number of dependents | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Parents: Life status, weeks worked, full-time, occupation | * | * | * | * | ||||||||
Number and ages of children in household | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Number of children R expects to have, and number he considers ideal | * | |||||||||||
Family members: Relationship to R, age, sex, education, employment status | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Unrelated household members: Relationship to R, sex, age | * | * | * | |||||||||
Household activities (responsibility for, hours per week spent on) | * |
G. Financial characteristics
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Total net family assets | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
Total family income | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Income from farm or business | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Wage or salary income | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Unemployment compensation income | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Income from supplemental unemployment benefits | * | * | ||||||||||
Disability income | * | |||||||||||
Rental income | * | |||||||||||
Interest income | * | |||||||||||
Total market value of Food Stamps received | * | * | * | |||||||||
Income from AFDC/TANF | * | |||||||||||
Income from public assistance | * | * | * | |||||||||
Amount of financial assistance received from others | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
Income from other sources | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
H. Military service
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Ever served in | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
Branch of Armed Forces served in | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
Months spent in Armed Forces | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
Military occupation held longest | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
How entered Armed Forces | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
Did military service help/hurt career | * | * | * | |||||||||
Rank held in Armed Forces | * | * | * | * | ||||||||
Primary training received (did R complete, duration, type, used on job) | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
GI (VA) benefits (ever used, type) | * | * | ||||||||||
Draft (classification, reason rejected) | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
Disability (discharged for, service-connected, compensation rating) | * | * |
I. Attitudes/perspectives
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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How does R feel about job | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
What R likes best and least about job | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
Facet-Specific Job Satisfaction Index | * | * | ||||||||||
Would R continue to work if had enough money to live on | * | * | * | |||||||||
What is more important: high wages or liking work | * | |||||||||||
Would R like to receive more education or training | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
Educational goal and expected education | * | * | * | * | * | |||||||
What kind of work would R like to be doing at age 30 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
Knowledge of World of Work score | * | |||||||||||
Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control score | * | * | * | |||||||||
IQ score | * | |||||||||||
Attitude toward women working | * | * | * | |||||||||
Discrimination (ever experienced, type) | * | * | ||||||||||
Has R progressed, held own, or moved backward | * | * | ||||||||||
Have job pressures increased, decreased, or remained the same | * |
J. Hypothetical job offer
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Would R accept | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
Kind of work required to accept | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
Hours per week would work | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
Rate of pay required to accept | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
III. Environmental Variables
A. Residence
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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South or non-South | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Does R live in metropolitan statistical area | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Mover or nonmover status | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Comparison of State, county, metropolitan statistical area | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
B. Characteristics
Variable | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 |
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Size of local area labor force | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Local area unemployment rate | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Accredited college in local area | * | * | * |
Cohorts
- NLSY97
- Topical Guide to the Data
- Asterisk Tables
- I. Employment, Unemployment, and Job Search (age restrictions as of interview date)
- II. Schooling (age restrictions as of 12/31/96)
- III. Training (age restrictions as of interview date)
- IV. Income, Assets, and Program Participation
- V. Family Formation (age restrictions as of end of previous calendar year--12/31/96 in rd 1, 12/31/97 in rd 2, and so on)
- VI. Family Background (age restrictions as of 12/31/1996)
- VII. Expectations
- VIII. Attitudes, Behaviors, and Time Use
- IX. Health (age restrictions as of 12/31/96)
- X. Political Participation
- XI. Environmental Variables (in main data set)
- Education
- Employment
- Household, Geography & Contextual Variables
- Family Background
- Marital History, Childcare & Fertility
- Income
- Health
- Attitudes
- Crime & Substance Use
- Asterisk Tables
- Intro to the Sample
- Using & Understanding the Data
- Other Documentation
- Codebook Supplement
- Introduction to the NLSY97 Created Variable Appendices
- Appendix 1: Education Variable Creation
- Enrollment Status and Highest Grade/Degree - Appendix 1
- Date Received Diploma or Degree - Appendix 1
- Number of Grades Repeated or Skipped - Appendix 1
- Number of Schools Attended - Appendix 1
- Credits Earned toward Bachelor's/Associate's Degree - Appendix 1
- Date Left High School and Highest High School Grade - Appendix 1
- Private or Parochial School - Appendix 1
- SAT/ACT Scores - Appendix 1
- Training: Receipt of Certificate or Vocational License - Appendix 1
- Appendix 2: Employment Variable Creation
- Appendix 3: Family Background and Formation
- Household Size as of Survey Date - Appendix 3
- Marital Status and Marital/Cohabitation History - Appendix 3
- Fertility and Child Status - Appendix 3
- Number of Residences since Age 12 - Appendix 3
- Current Citizenship Status - Appendix 3
- Mother's Age at First Birth/Respondent's Birth
- Relationship to Household Parent Figures (Round 1 Parent Interview) - Appendix 3
- Relationship to Household Parent Figures (Rounds 7-9 Childhood Retrospective) - Appendix 3
- Relationship to Household Parent Figures (Interview Date) - Appendix 3
- Appendix 4: Geographic Variable Creation
- Appendix 5: Income and Assets Variable Creation
- Appendix 6: Event History Creation and Documentation
- Appendix 7: Continuous Month Scheme and Crosswalk
- Appendix 8: Instrument Rosters
- Appendix 9: Family Process and Adolescent Outcome Measures
- Appendix 10: CAT-ASVAB Scores
- Appendix 11: Collection of the Transcript Data (High School)
- Appendix 12: Post-Secondary Transcript Study
- Attachment 1: Census Industrial & Occupational Classification Codes
- Geocode Codebook Supplement
- Introduction to NLSY97 Geocode Data
- Attachment 100: Census Bureau State and County Codes
- Attachment 101: Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)/Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) Codes
- Attachment 102: IPEDS Data and College Identification Codes
- Attachment 103: Migration Distance Variables for Respondent Locations
- Attachment 104: Codebook Pages for Geocode and Zipcode Variables
- Questionnaires
- Errata
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 17 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 16 Release
- Addendum: Additional NLSY97 Speech & Post-Secondary Variables Available
- Addendum: NLSY97 Post-Secondary Data and Transcript Data Files Now Available
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 15 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 14 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 13 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 12 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 11 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 10 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 9 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 8 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 7 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 6 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 5 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 4 Release
- Errata for NLSY97 Round 3 Release
- Tutorials
- Technical Sampling Report
- Codebook Supplement
- Get Data
- Topical Guide to the Data
- NLSY79
- Topical Guide to the Data
- Asterisk Tables
- Education
- Employment
- Employment: An Introduction
- Work Experience
- Jobs & Employers
- Class of Worker
- Discrimination
- Fringe Benefits
- Industries
- Job Characteristics Index
- Job Satisfaction
- Job Search
- Labor Force Status
- Military
- Occupations
- Time & Tenure with Employers
- Wages
- Work History Data
- Employer History Roster
- Business Ownership
- Retirement
- Household, Geography & Contextual Variables
- Family Background
- Marital History, Childcare & Fertility
- Income
- Health
- Attitudes
- Crime & Substance Use
- Intro to the Sample
- Using & Understanding the Data
- Other Documentation
- Codebook Supplement
- NLSY79 Attachment 3: Industrial and Occupational Classification Codes
- NLSY79 Attachment 4: Fields of Study in College
- NLSY79 Attachment 5: Index of Labor Unions and Employee Associations
- NLSY79 Attachment 6: Other Kinds of Training Codes
- NLSY79 Attachment 7: Other Certificate Codes
- NLSY79 Attachment 8: Health Codes
- NLSY79 Attachment 100: Geographic Regions
- NLSY79 Attachment 101: Country Codes
- NLSY79 Attachment 102: Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
- NLSY79 Attachment 103: Religion Codes
- NLSY79 Attachment 106: Profiles of American Youth (ASVAB Data/AFQT Scores)
- NLSY79 Appendix 1: Employment Status Recode Variables (1979-1998 and 2006)
- NLSY79 Appendix 2: Total Net Family Income Variable Creation (1979-2014)
- NLSY79 Appendix 3: Job Satisfaction Measures
- NLSY79 Appendix 4: Job Characteristics Index 1979-1982
- NLSY79 Appendix 5: Supplemental Fertility and Relationship Variables
- NLSY79 Appendix 6: Urban-Rural and SMSA-Central City Variables
- NLSY79 Appendix 7: Unemployment Rate
- NLSY79 Appendix 8: Highest Grade Completed & Enrollment Status Variable Creation
- NLSY79 Appendix 9: Linking Employers Through Survey Years
- NLSY79 Appendix 11: Round 12 (1990) Survey Administration Methods
- NLSY79 Appendix 12: Most Important Job Learning Activities (1993-94)
- NLSY79 Appendix 13: Intro to CAPI Questionnaires and Codebooks
- NLSY79 Appendix 14: Instrument Rosters
- NLSY79 Appendix 15: Recipiency Event Histories
- NLSY79 Appendix 16: 1994 Recall Experiment
- NLSY79 Appendix 17: Interviewer Characteristics Data
- NLSY79 Appendix 18: Work History Data
- NLSY79 Appendix 19: SF-12 Health Scale Scoring
- NLSY79 Appendix 20: Round 20 (2002) Early Bird and Income Recall Experiments
- NLSY79 Appendix 21: Attitudinal Scales
- NLSY79 Appendix 22: Migration Distance Variables for Respondent Locations
- NLSY79 Appendix 23: Revised Asset and Debt Variables and Computed Net Worth Variables
- NLSY79 Appendix 24: Reanalysis of the 1980 AFQT Data from the NLSY79
- NLSY79 Appendix 25: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale
- NLSY79 Appendix 26: Non-Response to Financial Questions and Entry Points
- NLSY79 Appendix 27: IRT Item Parameter Estimates, Scores and Standard Errors
- NLSY79 Appendix 28: NLSY79 Employer History Roster
- Geocode Codebook Supplement
- Appendix 7: Unemployment Rates
- Appendix 10: Geocode Documentation
- Attachment 100: Geographic Regions
- Attachment 101: Country Codes
- Attachment 102: State FIPS Codes
- Attachment 104, Part A: 1981 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs)
- Attachment 104, Part B: 1983 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
- Attachment 104, Part C: 1983 Consolidated MSAs and Associated Primary MSAs (CMSAs and PMSAs)
- Attachment 104, Part D: 1983 PMSAs and Associated CMSAs
- Attachment 104, Part E: 1988 MSAs, CMSAs, and Associated PMSAs
- Attachment 104, Part F: 2004 MSAs, CMSAs, and Associated PMSAs
- Attachment 104, Part G: 2006 Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs)
- Attachment 105: Addendum to FICE Codes
- Attachment 106: Codebook Pages for Geocode and Zipcode Variables
- Questionnaires
- Tutorials
- Errata
- Technical Sampling Report
- School & Transcript Surveys Documentation
- Codebook Supplement
- Get Data
- Topical Guide to the Data
- NLSY79 Child/YA
- Topical Guide to the Data
- Intro to the Sample
- Using & Understanding the Data
- Other Documentation
- Codebook Supplement
- Appendix A: HOME-SF Scales (NLSY79 Child)
- Appendix B: Composition of the Temperament Scales (NLSY79 Child)
- Appendix C: Motor & Social Development (NLSY79 Child)
- Appendix D: Behavior Problems Index (NLSY79 Child)
- Appendix D, Part 1: Composition of the BPI subscales
- Appendix D, Part 2a: BPI Anxious/Depressed Subscale
- Appendix D, Part 2b: BPI Antisocial Subscale
- Appendix D, Part 2c: BPI Dependent Subscale
- Appendix D, Part 2d: BPI Headstrong Subscale
- Appendix D, Part 2e: BPI Hyperactive Subscale
- Appendix D, Part 2f: BPI Peer Conflicts/Withdrawn Subscale
- Appendix D, Part 2g: BPI Full Scale
- Appendix D, Part 3a: BPI Internalizing Subscale
- Appendix D, Part 3b: BPI Externalizing Subscale
- Appendix D, Part 3c: BPI Total Scores
- Appendix E: Sample SPSSx Program for Merging NLSY79 Child/YA & Mother Files
- Appendix F: Sample SAS Program for Merging NLSY79 Child/YA & Mother Files
- Appendix G: NLSY79 Child Assessment Scores, Reference Numbers (2010-2014)
- Appendix H: Identification Codes in the Child and Young Adult Database
- Attachment 100: Codebook Pages for Young Adult Geocode Data
- Questionnaires
- Errata
- Errata for 2014 Child/Young Adult Release
- Data Addition: New Work and School Status Variables Created
- Errata for 2012 Child/Young Adult Release
- Errata for 2010 Child/Young Adult Release
- Errata for 2008 Child/Young Adult Release
- Errata for 2006 Child/Young Adult Release
- Errata for 2004 Child/Young Adult Release
- Errata for 2002 Child/Young Adult Release
- Errata for 2000 Child/Young Adult Release
- Errata for NLSY79 Child Interview Dates 1986-1992
- Research/Technical Reports
- Codebook Supplement
- Get Data
- NLS Mature and Young Women
- NLS Older and Young Men