Latest Information from the NLS

The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) will host a booth at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, taking place November 13-16 in Seattle, WA. We invite attendees to visit our booth to explore how NLS data can enhance research in the field of aging.

Visit the National Longitudinal Surveys booth at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo! Join us from October 27-29 in Minneapolis, MN to learn more about the types of data collected and how to access those data for your research.

Learn more about marriage and divorce patterns from the NLSY79 in the Monthly Labor Review article: Patterns of marriage and divorce from ages 15 to 55: Evidence from the NLSY79 available on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.

Explore NLSY97 data highlighted in the TED: The Economics Daily report: People born between 1980 and 1984 held an average of 9.0 jobs from ages 18 through 36 available on the BLS website.

Check out the latest BLS news release: Labor Market Experience, Education, Partner Status, and Health for those Born 1980-1984 covering the NLSY97 data for rounds 1-20. This update is available on the BLS Economic News Release page.

This release includes data from 1997 through 2021 (Rounds 1-20). To access public data, use the NLS Investigator.

Check out the latest BLS news release Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, Marital Status, and Health for those Born 1957-1964 covering the NLSY79 data for rounds 1-29. This news update is available on the BLS Economic News Release page.

This release includes data from 1979 through 2020 (Rounds 1-29). To access public data, use the NLS Investigator.

Learn more about shifts in employment patterns during the pandemic in the Beyond the Numbers article: How did employment change during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from a new BLS survey supplement available on the BLS website.

This dataset contains data from 1997 through 2019 (Rounds 1-19), plus the NLSY97 COVID-19 Supplement data from earlier this year. To access public data, use the NLS Investigator.