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NLSY79_Cross-sectional_2012

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Associated study NLSY79 Contingency Table

Population

NLSY79 Cross-sectional Sample

A cross-sectional sample of 6,111 individuals, designed to represent the noninstitutionalized civilian segment of young people living in the United States in 1979 and born January 1, 1957, through December 31, 1964.

Selection Criteria

Minimum age

Maximum age

Newborns

Twins

Countries

United States of America

Territory

Most of the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment

General population

General Population

Selected sample

Supplementary Information

Household screening interviews were conducted to select the NLSY79 civilian cross-sectional sample from the civilian population. Approximately 18,000 of the screening interviews were carried out among 918 sample segments in 102 Primary Sampling Units (PSUs), which were selected from the NORC Master Probability Sample of the United States.

Number of Participants

Number of Participants: 6,111
Number of Participants with Biological Samples

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Data Collection Event

NLSY79 2012 Interview

Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 90.7% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 4422 respondents from the NLSY79 Cross Sectional Sample was interviewed. Economically disadvantaged, non-Black/non-Hispanic members of the supplemental sample were no longer interviewed.

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Collected Dataset / NLSY79_Cross-sectional_2012

NLSY79_Cross-sectional_2012

Population

NLSY79 Cross-sectional Sample

Data Collection Event

NLSY79 2012 Interview

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