NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF YOUTH
NLSY79 YOUNG ADULTS
VERSION NLSYA21.F1.8
LAST UPDATED: 05-05-04 TIME: 12:00 PM EST;

We'd like to talk to you once again about your recent
work experiences, education, family life and attitudes. Many of our questions will ask you about your experiences since [lintdate~X], the last time we talked to you. [This time you/You] will receive $40 in appreciation of your time.

(READ IF PERSONAL INTERVIEW:
In order that your answers to our questions are not biased by anyone else's presence, it is necessary that we conduct the interview in private.)

(INTERVIEWER: PLEASE INFORM RESPONDENT OF THE RESPONDENT FEE HE OR SHE IS ELIGIBLE FOR.)

We have the spelling of your name as ... (REPEAT NAME AND SPELL AS SHOWN BELOW.)

[RESP_FNAME] [RESP_MNAME] [RESP_LNAME]

Is that correct?

We have your first name spelled...(INTERVIEWER: SPELL OUT:) [RESP_FNAME]. Is that correct?

How do you spell your first name?

(INTERVIEWER: RECORD NAME EXACTLY AS RESPONDENT SPELLS IT. CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.)

We have your middle name spelled...(INTERVIEWER: SPELL OUT:) [RESP_MNAME]. Is that correct?

How do you spell your middle name? (INTERVIEWER: RECORD NAME EXACTLY AS RESPONDENT SPELLS IT. CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.)

We have your last name spelled...(INTERVIEWER: SPELL OUT:) [RESP_LNAME]. Is that correct?

How do you spell your last name? (INTERVIEWER: RECORD NAME EXACTLY AS RESPONDENT SPELLS IT. CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.)

[flag indicating if R's mother is deceased]==1
COMMENT: Machine Check: Is R's mother dead?

Do you live with your biological mother?

[flag indicating if R's father is deceased]==1
COMMENT: Machine Check: Is R's father dead?

Do you live with your biological father?

[flag indicating if R lives with biological mother]==1 && [flag indicating if R lives with biological father]==1
COMMENT: Machine check: Does R live with both parents?

[flag indicating if R lives with biological mother]==1 && ([flag indicating if R lives with biological father]==0 || [flag indicating if R lives with biological father]==2)
COMMENT: Machine check: Does R live with mother only?

([flag indicating if R lives with biological mother]==0 || [flag indicating if R lives with biological mother]==2) && [flag indicating if R lives with biological father]==1
COMMENT: Machine check: Does R live with father only?

In what kind of residence are you currently living?

(INTERVIEWER: IF NECESSARY, PROVIDE EXAMPLES SUCH AS OWN APARTMENT OR HOUSE, DORMITORY, BARRACKS, ETC.)

[Residence of Respondent]
COMMENT: JUMP ACCORDING TO VALUE OF DWELLING

Now, I would like to be certain that we have your correct PERMANENT address and phone number. (VERIFY ADDRESS.)

(INTERVIEWER: MOVE BETWEEN FIELDS USING THE "TAB" KEY. PRESS "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" WHEN FINISHED.)

In whose name is the phone listed?

I'd like to ask you a few questions about the members of your household. Things change from year to year, and we need to be sure that we have accurate information for this year.

(INTERVIEWER: REMEMBER THAT IF R IS IN A TEMPORARY INDIVIDUAL LIVING ARRANGEMENT SUCH AS JAIL, HOSPITAL OR DORMITORY, QUESTIONS ABOUT HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS REFER TO R'S PERMANENT ADDRESS.)

I'd like to ask you a few questions about the members of your household. Things change from year to year, and we need to be sure that we have accurate information for this household.

First, I'd like to ask you ...

Are you currently married, widowed, divorced, legally separated, or have you never been married?

(Besides yourself,) may I please have the full names of the people living (here/there)?

(INTERVIEWER: ADD EACH HOUSEHOLD MEMBER ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE LINE OF THE ROSTER. CLICK "ADD ROW" TO MOVE TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE LINE. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH HOUSEHOLD MEMBER. CONTINUE PROBING AS NEEDED:)

Is there anyone else living here?

(WHEN R INDICATES THAT ALL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ADDED, CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.)

RECCOUNT ([HHI])
COMMENT: ARE THERE ANY HHI MEMBERS LISTED SO FAR?

(Besides yourself,) I have (READ NAMES BELOW) listed as living (here/there)...(CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE)

Do any of these persons have a usual residence somewhere else?

(INTERVIEWER: IF NO ONE LISTED, SELECT "NO" AND
CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.)

Who is that? Who else?

(DELETE ANY PERSONS WITH A USUAL RESIDENCE SOMEWHERE ELSE BY CLICKING ON "DELETE ROW". WHEN ALL CORRECTIONS ARE DONE, CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO GO FORWARD.)

Is there anyone missing from this list?

(INTERVIEWER: IF NO ONE IS MISSING, SELECT "NO" AND CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.)

May I please have their full names?

(ADD OTHER PERSONS ON NEXT AVAILABLE LINES AS THEY ARE NAMED BY RESPONDENT. CLICK "ADD ROW" TO MOVE TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE LINE. ENTER ALL INFORMATION ASKED. WHEN ALL MISSING MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ADDED, CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.)

INTERVIEWER: RESPONDENT IS LIVING IN A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL QUARTERS. NO HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS SHOULD BE LISTED.

DELETE ALL ENTRIES BY CLICKING ON "DELETE ROW". WHEN ALL MEMBERS ARE DELETED, CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO GO FORWARD.

INTERVIEWER: RESPONDENT IS LIVING IN OPEN BAY OR TROOP BARRACKS, ABOARD SHIP, OR IN BACHELOR OR OFFICER QUARTERS. NO HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS SHOULD BE LISTED.

DELETE ALL ENTRIES BY CLICKING ON "DELETE ROW". WHEN ALL MEMBERS ARE DELETED, CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO GO FORWARD.

INTERVIEWER: BELOW IS THE CORRECTED HOUSEHOLD ROSTER. REVIEW THE ROSTER TO BE SURE THAT IT IS CORRECT. IF THE ROSTER IS NOT CORRECT, PLEASE MAKE ANY FURTHER CORRECTIONS TO THE INFORMATION ON THE ROSTER AT THIS QUESTION, OR BY USING THE "BACK ARROW" TO RETURN TO THE ADD OR DELETE SCREENS. MAKE CORRECTIONS HERE BY CLICKING ON "MODIFY ROW", THEN CORRECTING IN THE FOLLOWING BOXES. WHEN ALL CORRECTIONS ARE DONE, CLICK "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" ON THIS SCREEN TO GO FORWARD.

IF NO CHANGES, PRESS "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.

([Residence of Respondent]==15) || ([Residence of Respondent]==16) || ((([Residence of Respondent]==1) || ([Residence of Respondent]==2)) && ([Answer to HH1-5] !=1))
COMMENT: CHECK THE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR R. IF IN RELIGIOUS QUARTERS, OR TROOP
BARRACKS, ETC, THEN SKIP OVER SECTIONS OF THE HH.

[household member count] > 0
COMMENT: Is there at least one household member listed?

[household member count] > 0
COMMENT: Is there at least one household member listed?

([Residence of Respondent] == 15) || ([Residence of Respondent] == 16) || ((([Residence of Respondent] == 1) || ([Residence of Respondent] == 2)) && ([Answer to HH1-5] != 1))
COMMENT: CHECK THE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR R. IF IN RELIGIOUS QUARTERS, OR TROOP BARRACKS, ETC, THEN SKIP OVER SECTIONS OF THE HH.

[flag indicating presence of spouse/partner in household] == 1
COMMENT: Is there a spouse listed on the household roster

[flag indicating presence of partner in household] == 1
COMMENT: Is there a partner listed on the household roster

[flag indicating presence of at least one opposite sex HH member] >= 1
COMMENT: Is there at least one person unrelated to R listed in the household

Are you currently living as a partner with someone of the opposite sex?

(INTERVIEWER: ASK ONLY IF ANY OPPOSITE SEX ADULTS, WHO ARE NOT RELATED TO THE RESPONDENT, ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD. OTHERWISE, SELECT "NO" AND PRESS "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.)

INTERVIEWER: CLICK ON THE BUTTON NEXT TO THE RESPONDENT'S PARTNER, THEN CLICK ON "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.

INTERVIEWER: YOU HAVE SELECTED THE NAME LISTED BELOW AS THE RESPONDENTS PARTNER. IF THIS IS NOT CORRECT, PLEASE RETURN TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION BY PRESSING THE "BACK" ARROW KEY AND SELECT THE CORRECT NAME.

PARTNERS NAME: [partner's name].

INTERVIEWER: PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THE RELATIONSHIP STATUS, IF NEEDED, IF ANY "OTHER NON-RELATIVE" IS STILL LISTED ON HOUSEHOLD ROSTER. IF ANY OF THE "OTHER NON-RELATIVE" ARE RELATED TO PARTNER, CORRECT THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THESE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS BY SELECTING "MODIFY ROW" AND SELECTING CORRECT RELATIONSHIP. IF NO, CLICK ON "SUBMIT AND CONTINUE" TO CONTINUE.

[Residence of Respondent] > 0 && [Residence of Respondent] < 7
COMMENT: MACHINE CHECK: IS RESPONDENT LIVING IN TEMPORARY QUARTERS HH1-1 BETWEEN 1 AND 6.

Is your home (in [name of city]) located on a farm?

(INTERVIEWER: IS THIS PLACE LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA?)

(IF PHONE INTERVIEW, ASK:) Is your home (in [name of city] ) located on a farm?

[Residence of Respondent]==19 || [Residence of Respondent]==20 || [flag indicating if R's mother lives in R's household]>0
COMMENT: Machine Check: Does Respondent live in HH with mother?

How many acres do you or your family own or rent (here/there)?

(INTERVIEWER: LESS THAN ONE ACRE = 0)

During 2003, how much did the sale of crops, livestock, or other farm products amount to--that is, total sales before expenses?

(INTERVIEWER: CODE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY WITHOUT READING THE LIST).

These are all the questions in this short first part of the interview.

Now let's begin the main questionnaire.

INTERVIEWER: ENTER TIME INTERVIEW BEGINS BELOW.