NLSY97

Variables Created

Variables Created

• CVC_HH_NET_WORTH_25 (total net worth)
• CVC_HOUSE_VALUE_25 (value of owned housing)
• CVC_HOUSE_DEBT_25 (amount of housing debt)
• CVC_HOUSE_TYPE_25 (type of housing owned)
• CVC_ASSETS_FINANCE_25 (value of financial assets)
• CVC_ASSETS_NONFINANCE_25 (value of non-financial assets, excluding housing)
• CVC_ASSETS_DEBT_25 (amount of debt, excluding housing)
• CVC_ASSETS_RND_25 (round in which assets data were collected)

Round 9 initiated the age 25 a

Due to its size, the errata list for the NLSY97 Round 3 release is provided in PDF form. Click here to download.

Data Release 4.2. Corrections and Changes to the NLSY97 Data Release 4.2 of the data.

R5 Errata affecting the August 2003 Release: Round 5 Schooling Created Variables

Significant changes made to the October 2004 Round 6 event history release 

1) Respondent race variable
The code block for the round 6 respondent race variable SYMBOL!KEY!RACE (S15284.00) is incorrect. The correct code block and frequencies for this variable are listed below.

Significant changes made between the round 6 event history release and the round 7 main release

Significant changes made between the October 2005 round 7 event history file release and the October 2006 round 8 file release

Significant changes made between the October 2006 round 8 event history file release and the September 2007 round 9 file release

1) Dropped case and sampling weight variables - Round 6 and Round 7
All data for case 316 in rounds 2 through 8 have been deleted, as interviewers discovered that the wrong person had been interviewed in those rounds. As a result, the sampling weight variables for those rounds were recomputed.

Significant changes made between the September 2007 round 9 release and the August 2008 round 10 release

1) Field Interviewer information variables - Round 9
Information on the field interviewer who last attempted round 9 non-interview cases was added for 1545 respondents in the following variables: