U.S. National Study of High School and Beyond, Selected Variables: A Longitudinal Study of Female Sophomores, 1980-1982

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U.S. National Study of High School and Beyond, Selected Variables: A Longitudinal Study of Female Sophomores, 1980-1982

Investigators: Peter Morrison, Linda Waite, and Allan Abrahamse

Publication Date: March 23, 2016

U.S. National Study of High School and Beyond, Selected Variables: A Longitudinal Study of Female Sophomores, 1980-1982

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This is the second of two National Longitudinal Studies (NLS). The first, NLS-72, began with over 22,000 high school seniors in the spring of 1972. The second study began with a 1980 collection of base year data on individual and family background, high school experiences, work experiences, plans for the future, and cognitive ability and achievement from high school seniors and sophomores. The first follow-up was conducted in the spring of 1982, and a second follow-up was conducted in 1984. The current Data Set was designed to build on the NLS-72 by replicating selected 1972 study questionnaire and cognitive test items as well as expanding the data to include a broader range of lifecycle factors, such as family-formation behavior and social participation. Over 30,000 sophomores enrolled in 1,015 public and private high schools across the country participated in the Base Year survey, with questionnaires administered at schools or appropriate off-campus locations. The 1982 follow-up sample consisted of approximately 30,000 1980 sophomores, with different questionnaires for those who had dropped out of school and those who remained enrolled in school. The DAAPPP file is an extract designed by Peter Morrison and his colleagues at the Rand Corporation. The cases were limited to female high school sophomores who were not mothers at the time of the 1980 baseline survey. In addition to the approximately 100 variables obtained directly from the High School and Beyond Data Set, the investigators computed approximately twenty scale score and indicator variables. Note for users of DAAPPP Data Sets #01-B1DAAPPP data sets 01 through B1 are comprised of a User's Guide, SPSS syntax files (*.SPS or *.SPX) and raw data files only. Most of these datasets contain SPSS syntax files that use Job Control Language (JCL) from 1980s versions of SPSS-X. Because the syntax is old, the syntax files require editing to conform to the current syntax standards used by SPSS/Windows or SPSS/Unix. If you require technical assistance in using or editing these syntax files, please contact Sociometrics' Data Support Group at 800.846.3475 or socio@socio.com.

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