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Tutorials

A set of tutorials is available to guide you on how to approach NLS research projects, search for and extract data, and then program with NLS data.

 

  • Newest addition: Video Tutorials for Using NLS Investigator

 

  • Variable Search Using the NLS Investigator

  • Linking Roster Items Across Rounds (Example: NLSY97 Household Roster)
  • Constructing Comparable Samples Across the NLSY79 and NLSY97 (Example: Constructing work status at age 20 for both samples)
  • Matching Cohabiting Partners to Their Characteristics in the NLSY97

  • Linking NLSY79 Mothers and Their Children. This tutorial explains how to use ID variables to link data on mothers in the NLSY79 cohort and children in the NLSY79 Child/Young Adult dataset.

 

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