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SOURCE: 1988 MSA, CMSA, PMSA and NECMA codes were taken from Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 1988, published by the Statistical Policy Office, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget in June 1988. These are included in the 1988-96 NLSY79 geocode data files.

SOURCE: 1983 MSA, CMSA, PMSA, and NECMA codes were taken from the 1983 County and City Data Book, Appendix A. These are included in the 1983-96 NLSY79 geocode files.

SOURCE: 1983 MSA, CMSA, PMSA, and NECMA codes were taken from the 1983 County and City Data Book, Appendix A. These are included in the 1983-96 NLSY79 geocode files.

SOURCE: 1983 MSA, CMSA, PMSA, and NECMA codes were taken from the 1983 County and City Data Book, Appendix A. These are included in the 1983-96 NLSY79 geocode files.

SOURCE: 1981 SMSA codes are taken from the October 1981 issue of the Statistical Reporter. These are included in the 1979-82 NLSY79 geocode data files.

• 1981 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs)
• Standard Consolidated Statistical Areas

• Foreign Countries (1979-92 PAPI-Collected Coding)
• Foreign Countries (1993-2016 CAPI-Collected Coding)

This appendix is obsolete. The content for Appendix 21 is now included in NLSY79 Appendix 25: Attitudinal Scale Scoring. 

States by Region

• Documentation for the NLSY79 Geocode Data
• 1979-1988 Geocode Data Creation Procedures
• 1989-1994 Geocode Data Creation Procedure
• 1996-2002 Geocode Data Creation Procedure
• 2004-2020 Geocode Data Creation Procedure
• Supplementary Created Variables
• Missing Data
• Use of the File

Two experiments were implemented with the round 20 (2002) survey. Each is described in more detail below.

• Early Bird Experiment
• Income Recall and Estimation Experiment