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NLSY79 Children

NLS Youth '79 Child & Young Adult Cohort

Short Description: 
Biological children of women in the NLSY79
Short Title: 
NLSY79 Child and Young Adult
Long Name: 
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child and Young Adult
Investigator URL: 
https://www.nlsinfo.org/investigator/pages/search?s=NLSCYA
Abbreviation: 
NLSCYA
Nav Title: 
NLSY79 Child/YA
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Age

The NLSY79 Child and Young Adult data files include several distinct child age variables at each survey point. The most appropriate age variable to use may depend on one's research objectives. The age variables found in the two Areas of Interest called CHILD BACKGROUND (for all children) and in YA COMMON KEY VARIABLES (for Young Adults) reflect consistency checks and a small number of edits based on additional information.

Maternal Employment

Young Adult

Child Care During Childhood

Important Information

This section describes the child care experiences of child/young adult respondents in their first three years of life. Information about the child care experiences of the children of young adult respondents is summarized in a separate Child Care section under the Marital History, Childcare & Fertility topical area.

Parenting Behavior and Attitudes

 

Child

Drawing on other studies in which scales of parent-child interaction and parenting were used, in 1994 the Child survey introduced the following types of parenting measures: 

Family Background

 

Child

Created variables

AGEMOMyyyy. AGE OF MOTHER OF CHILD AT DATE OF INTERVIEW
MAGEBIR. AGE OF MOTHER AT BIRTH OF CHILD
SAMPLE-ID. SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION CODE OF NLSY79 MOTHER
SAMPWT79. SAMPLING WEIGHT OF MOTHER  

Training

The Young Adult survey originally collected information about training received outside of regular schooling or the military, as well as about certificates, licenses and journeyman's cards. 

School Survey

Sample & Survey Design

School Discipline

 

Educational Attainment & School Enrollment

 

Fielding History and Sample Issues

Child Survey

Interview Dates. During the NLSY79 survey rounds in which multiple Child instruments were used, the child instruments were not always fielded on a single date.  For example, from 1986-2004, interviewers assigned to assess two or more children in a single family might ask the mother to complete one or more Mother Supplements (one MS for each child) on the first visit to

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