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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child and Young Adult (NLSCYA)

Errata for 2020 Child/Young Adult Release

Newest Errata

POSTED 7/2/25

The values for two variables, HGCREV1994 and AGEMOM1994, in the NLSY79 Child & Young Adult Family Background area of interest were flipped in the data loading process when these variables were updated for the current data release. These values have now been moved to the correct variables.

Other Errata

Note: The SPPC Data errata has not been corrected in the public release.

SPPC Data for YA2020

Data from the Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) questions in R29 were inadvertently left off of the NLSY79 Child and Young Adult 1986-2020 data release.

Download the variables: YA 2020 Self-Perception Profile for Children raw items (ZIP).