Overview
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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Children and Young Adults 2012 (NLSY-79-CYA)
Investigators: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publication Date: November 30, 2016
About This Product
The NLSY79 Child and Young Adult (NLSY79-CYA) cohort is a longitudinal project that follows the biological children of the women in the NLSY79. The NLSY79 itself is a longitudinal project that follows the lives of a sample of American youth born between 1957-64. As of 2012, more than 10,000 children have been interviewed in at least one survey round of the NLSY79-CYA. To date, a total of 11,512 children have been identified as born to interviewed NLSY79 mothers. This dataset includes data collected in 2012.
The NLSY79-CYA 2012 includes variables on educational attainment, school enrollment, the school-to-work transition process, work history, employment, income, household composition, demographic information, neighborhood characteristics, family background, parenting, marriage and cohabitation, fertility, sexual activity, health, attitudes, expectations, pro-social behaviors, crime, substance use, and more. In total, the NLSY79-CYA contains 7174 variables.
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User's Guide and Instructions
Original Instruments
Product Details
- 7,174 variables
- 11,512 subjects
- Raw Data, SPSS and SAS Program Statements, Instruments & Codebooks
- User’s Guide to the Machine-Readable Files