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National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979

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Start Year: 1979

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Investigators	Contacts
Dr. Elizabeth Cooksey Ohio State University Elizabeth Cooksey Title Dr. Name Elizabeth Cooksey Email cooksey.1@osu.edu Phone 614 292-6484 Institution Ohio State University Department Center for Human Resource Research Address 104 Townshend Hall, 1885 Neil Avenue Mall Columbus United States of America Dr. Audrey Light Center for Human Resource Research Audrey Light Title Dr. Name Audrey Light Email light.20@osu.edu Phone 614.292.0493 Institution Center for Human Resource Research Department Ohio State University Address 1945 N. High St., 443A Arps Hall Columbus United States of America Dr. Dan A. Black NORC at the University of Chicago Dan A. Black Title Dr. Name Dan A. Black Email black-dan@norc.org Phone (312) 759-4011 Institution NORC at the University of Chicago Address 55 East Monroe Street, 30th Floor Chicago United States of America Kymn M. Kochanek NORC at the University of Chicago Kymn M. Kochanek Name Kymn M. Kochanek Email kochanek-kymn@norc.org Phone (312) 759-4064 Institution NORC at the University of Chicago Address 55 East Monroe Street, 30th Floor Chicago United States of America	Kymn M. Kochanek NORC at the University of Chicago Kymn M. Kochanek Name Kymn M. Kochanek Email kochanek-kymn@norc.org Phone (312) 759-4064 Institution NORC at the University of Chicago Address 55 East Monroe Street, 30th Floor Chicago United States of America

Investigators

Contacts

Dr. Elizabeth Cooksey
Ohio State University

Elizabeth Cooksey

Title

Dr.

Name

Elizabeth Cooksey

Email

cooksey.1@osu.edu

Phone

614 292-6484

Institution

Ohio State University

Department

Center for Human Resource Research

Address

104 Townshend Hall, 1885 Neil Avenue Mall Columbus United States of America
Dr. Audrey Light
Center for Human Resource Research

Audrey Light

Title

Dr.

Name

Audrey Light

Email

light.20@osu.edu

Phone

614.292.0493

Institution

Center for Human Resource Research

Department

Ohio State University

Address

1945 N. High St., 443A Arps Hall Columbus United States of America
Dr. Dan A. Black
NORC at the University of Chicago

Dan A. Black

Title

Dr.

Name

Dan A. Black

Email

black-dan@norc.org

Phone

(312) 759-4011

Institution

NORC at the University of Chicago

Address

55 East Monroe Street, 30th Floor Chicago United States of America
Kymn M. Kochanek
NORC at the University of Chicago

Kymn M. Kochanek

Name

Kymn M. Kochanek

Email

kochanek-kymn@norc.org

Phone

(312) 759-4064

Institution

NORC at the University of Chicago

Address

55 East Monroe Street, 30th Floor Chicago United States of America

Kymn M. Kochanek
NORC at the University of Chicago

Kymn M. Kochanek

Name

Kymn M. Kochanek

Email

kochanek-kymn@norc.org

Phone

(312) 759-4064

Institution

NORC at the University of Chicago

Address

55 East Monroe Street, 30th Floor Chicago United States of America

Design

Study design: Cohort
Follow Up: Yearly personal interviews were conducted from 1979 - 1986. In 1987, a telephone interview was conducted. Personal interviews resumed in 1988 and continued yearly until 1994. Since 1994, NLSY79 participants have been interviewed in even-numbered years.
Supplementary Information

Marker Paper

https://nlsinfo.org/content/cohorts/nlsy79

Recruitment

Recruitment Target

Individuals

Number of Participants

Number of Participants: 12,686
Number of Participants with Biological Samples

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other

Yes

Not applicable

Don't know

Timeline

Populations

Selection Criteria

Minimum age

Maximum age

Newborns

Twins

Countries

United States of America

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment

Specific population

Supplementary Information

Persons on active military duty as of September 30, 1978, were sampled from rosters provided by the Department of Defense. No formal screening interview was conducted.

Of the 1,793 military youth selected for interviews, 1,280 or 72 percent were interviewed in 1979. Selection of the military sample was accomplished in two stages. In the first stage, a sample of approximately 200 "military units" was selected. These units were selected with probabilities proportional to the number of persons born in 1957 through 1961 and serving in the military unit as of September 30, 1978.

Number of Participants

Number of Participants: 1,280
Number of Participants with Biological Samples

Data Collection Events

#	Name	Description	Start	End
0	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1979 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1979 Interview Start Date 1979-01 End Date 1979-08 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	4.4% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1979-01	1979-08
1	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1980 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1980 Interview Start Date 1980-01 End Date 1980-08 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	5.3% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1980-01	1980-08
2	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1981 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1981 Interview Start Date 1981-01 End Date 1981-07 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	5.4% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1981-01	1981-07
3	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1982 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1982 Interview Start Date 1982-01 End Date 1982-07 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.7% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1982-01	1982-07
4	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1983 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1983 Interview Start Date 1983-01 End Date 1983-06 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	2.6% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1983-01	1983-06
5	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1984 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1984 Interview Start Date 1984-01 End Date 1984-06 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	5.3% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1984-01	1984-06
6	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1985 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1985 Interview Start Date 1985-01 End Date 1985-06 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.7% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed. ...	1985-01	1985-06
7	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1986 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1986 Interview Start Date 1986-02 End Date 1986-07 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.7% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed. ...	1986-02	1986-07
8	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1987 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1987 Interview Start Date 1987-03 End Date 1987-10 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	85.8% of interviews were collected by telephone due to budget constraints. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military ...	1987-03	1987-10
9	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1988 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1988 Interview Start Date 1988-06 End Date 1988-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.8% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed.	1988-06	1988-12
10	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1989 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1989 Interview Start Date 1989-06 End Date 1989-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	14.3% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed. ...	1989-06	1989-12
11	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1990 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1990 Interview Start Date 1990-06 End Date 1990-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	One quarter of participants were received a computer-assisted personal interview. The remaining participants were interviewed with paper-and-pencil. 12.6% of interviews were ...	1990-06	1990-12
12	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1991 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1991 Interview Start Date 1991-06 End Date 1991-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Some participants received a computer-assisted personal interview, while others were interviewed with paper-and-pencil. 13.8% of interviews were collected by ...	1991-06	1991-12
13	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1992 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1992 Interview Start Date 1992-05 End Date 1992-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Some participants received a computer-assisted personal interview, while others were interviewed with paper-and-pencil. 12.9% of interviews were collected by ...	1992-05	1992-12
14	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1993 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1993 Interview Start Date 1993-06 End Date 1993-11 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. Data was not collected on percentage of interviews collected by ...	1993-06	1993-11
15	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1994 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1994 Interview Start Date 1994-06 End Date 1994-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. Data was not collected on percentage of interviews collected by ...	1994-06	1994-12
16	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1996 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1996 Interview Start Date 1996-04 End Date 1996-10 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 12.1% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	1996-04	1996-10
17	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1998 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1998 Interview Start Date 1998-03 End Date 1998-09 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 24.6% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	1998-03	1998-09
18	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2000 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2000 Interview Start Date 2000-04 End Date 2001-01 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 32.5% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2000-04	2001-01
19	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2002 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2002 Interview Start Date 2002-01 End Date 2002-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 70.0% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2002-01	2002-12
20	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2004 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2004 Interview Start Date 2004-01 End Date 2005-02 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 82.8% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2004-01	2005-02
21	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2006 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2006 Interview Start Date 2006-01 End Date 2007-03 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 85.6% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2006-01	2007-03
22	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2008 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2008 Interview Start Date 2008-01 End Date 2009-03 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 88.8% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2008-01	2009-03
23	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2010 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2010 Interview Start Date 2009-12 End Date 2011-02 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 90.1% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2009-12	2011-02
24	NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2012 Interview NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2012 Interview Start Date 2012-09 End Date 2013-09 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 90.7% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 147 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was ...	2012-09	2013-09

Selection Criteria

Minimum age

Maximum age

Newborns

Twins

Countries

United States of America

Ethnic Origin

Hispanic or Latino
Black
non-Black non-Hispanics

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment

Specific population

Supplementary Information

A total of 57,000 screening interviews for the supplemental sample were carried out among 900 sample segments in a 100-PSU sample specifically designed to produce statistically efficient samples of Hispanics or Latinos, blacks, and economically disadvantaged, nonblack/non-Hispanics. The NLS sample design, which selected every eligible person connected to the household, generated a representative sample of siblings and spouses living in the same household and satisfying the age restrictions stated above. However, NLSY79 samples do not contain nationally representative samples of siblings and spouses of all ages and living arrangements.

Number of Participants

Number of Participants: 5,295
Number of Participants with Biological Samples

Data Collection Events

#	Name	Description	Start	End
0	NLSY79 1979 Interview NLSY79 1979 Interview Start Date 1979-01 End Date 1979-08 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	4.4% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1979-01	1979-08
1	NLSY79 1980 Interview NLSY79 1980 Interview Start Date 1980-01 End Date 1980-08 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	5.3% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1980-01	1980-08
2	NLSY79 1981 Interview NLSY79 1981 Interview Start Date 1981-01 End Date 1981-07 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	5.4% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1981-01	1981-07
3	NLSY79 1982 Interview NLSY79 1982 Interview Start Date 1982-01 End Date 1982-07 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.7% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1982-01	1982-07
4	NLSY79 1983 Interview NLSY79 1983 Interview Start Date 1983-01 End Date 1983-06 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	2.6% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1983-01	1983-06
5	NLSY79 1984 Interview NLSY79 1984 Interview Start Date 1984-01 End Date 1984-06 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	5.3% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1984-01	1984-06
6	NLSY79 1985 Interview NLSY79 1985 Interview Start Date 1985-01 End Date 1985-06 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.7% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed. ...	1985-01	1985-06
7	NLSY79 1986 Interview NLSY79 1986 Interview Start Date 1986-02 End Date 1986-07 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.7% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed. ...	1986-02	1986-07
8	NLSY79 1987 Interview NLSY79 1987 Interview Start Date 1987-03 End Date 1987-10 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	85.8% of interviews were collected by telephone due to budget constraints. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military ...	1987-03	1987-10
9	NLSY79 1988 Interview NLSY79 1988 Interview Start Date 1988-06 End Date 1988-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.8% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed.	1988-06	1988-12
10	NLSY79 1989 Interview NLSY79 1989 Interview Start Date 1989-06 End Date 1989-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	14.3% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed. ...	1989-06	1989-12
11	NLSY79 1990 Interview NLSY79 1990 Interview Start Date 1990-06 End Date 1990-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	One quarter of participants were received a computer-assisted personal interview. The remaining participants were interviewed with paper-and-pencil. 12.6% of interviews were ...	1990-06	1990-12
12	NLSY79 1991 Interview NLSY79 1991 Interview Start Date 1991-06 End Date 1991-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Some participants received a computer-assisted personal interview, while others were interviewed with paper-and-pencil. 13.8% of interviews were collected by ...	1991-06	1991-12
13	NLSY79 1992 Interview NLSY79 1992 Interview Start Date 1992-05 End Date 1992-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Some participants received a computer-assisted personal interview, while others were interviewed with paper-and-pencil. 12.9% of interviews were collected by ...	1992-05	1992-12
14	NLSY79 1993 Interview NLSY79 1993 Interview Start Date 1993-06 End Date 1993-11 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. Data was not collected on percentage of interviews collected by ...	1993-06	1993-11
15	NLSY79 1994 Interview NLSY79 1994 Interview Start Date 1994-06 End Date 1994-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. Data was not collected on percentage of interviews collected by ...	1994-06	1994-12
16	NLSY79 1996 Interview NLSY79 1996 Interview Start Date 1996-04 End Date 1996-10 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 12.1% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	1996-04	1996-10
17	NLSY79 1998 Interview NLSY79 1998 Interview Start Date 1998-03 End Date 1998-09 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 24.6% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	1998-03	1998-09
18	NLSY79 2000 Interview NLSY79 2000 Interview Start Date 2000-04 End Date 2001-01 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 32.5% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2000-04	2001-01
19	NLSY79 2002 Interview NLSY79 2002 Interview Start Date 2002-01 End Date 2002-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 70.0% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2002-01	2002-12
20	NLSY79 2004 Interview NLSY79 2004 Interview Start Date 2004-01 End Date 2005-02 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 82.8% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2004-01	2005-02
21	NLSY79 2006 Interview NLSY79 2006 Interview Start Date 2006-01 End Date 2007-03 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 85.6% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2006-01	2007-03
22	NLSY79 2008 Interview NLSY79 2008 Interview Start Date 2008-01 End Date 2009-03 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 88.8% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2008-01	2009-03
23	NLSY79 2010 Interview NLSY79 2010 Interview Start Date 2009-12 End Date 2011-02 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 90.1% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2009-12	2011-02
24	NLSY79 2012 Interview NLSY79 2012 Interview Start Date 2012-09 End Date 2013-09 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 90.7% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 2732 respondents from the NLSY79 Supplementary Sample was ...	2012-09	2013-09

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

Data Collection Events

#	Name	Description	Start	End
0	NLSY79 1979 Interview NLSY79 1979 Interview Start Date 1979-01 End Date 1979-08 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	4.4% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1979-01	1979-08
1	NLSY79 1980 Interview NLSY79 1980 Interview Start Date 1980-01 End Date 1980-08 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	5.3% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1980-01	1980-08
2	NLSY79 1981 Interview NLSY79 1981 Interview Start Date 1981-01 End Date 1981-07 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	5.4% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1981-01	1981-07
3	NLSY79 1982 Interview NLSY79 1982 Interview Start Date 1982-01 End Date 1982-07 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.7% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1982-01	1982-07
4	NLSY79 1983 Interview NLSY79 1983 Interview Start Date 1983-01 End Date 1983-06 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	2.6% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1983-01	1983-06
5	NLSY79 1984 Interview NLSY79 1984 Interview Start Date 1984-01 End Date 1984-06 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	5.3% of interviews were collected by telephone.	1984-01	1984-06
6	NLSY79 1985 Interview NLSY79 1985 Interview Start Date 1985-01 End Date 1985-06 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.7% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed. ...	1985-01	1985-06
7	NLSY79 1986 Interview NLSY79 1986 Interview Start Date 1986-02 End Date 1986-07 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.7% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed. ...	1986-02	1986-07
8	NLSY79 1987 Interview NLSY79 1987 Interview Start Date 1987-03 End Date 1987-10 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	85.8% of interviews were collected by telephone due to budget constraints. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military ...	1987-03	1987-10
9	NLSY79 1988 Interview NLSY79 1988 Interview Start Date 1988-06 End Date 1988-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	8.8% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed.	1988-06	1988-12
10	NLSY79 1989 Interview NLSY79 1989 Interview Start Date 1989-06 End Date 1989-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	14.3% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of 201 respondents from the NLSY79 Military Sample was interviewed. ...	1989-06	1989-12
11	NLSY79 1990 Interview NLSY79 1990 Interview Start Date 1990-06 End Date 1990-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	One quarter of participants were received a computer-assisted personal interview. The remaining participants were interviewed with paper-and-pencil. 12.6% of interviews were ...	1990-06	1990-12
12	NLSY79 1991 Interview NLSY79 1991 Interview Start Date 1991-06 End Date 1991-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Some participants received a computer-assisted personal interview, while others were interviewed with paper-and-pencil. 13.8% of interviews were collected by ...	1991-06	1991-12
13	NLSY79 1992 Interview NLSY79 1992 Interview Start Date 1992-05 End Date 1992-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Some participants received a computer-assisted personal interview, while others were interviewed with paper-and-pencil. 12.9% of interviews were collected by ...	1992-05	1992-12
14	NLSY79 1993 Interview NLSY79 1993 Interview Start Date 1993-06 End Date 1993-11 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. Data was not collected on percentage of interviews collected by ...	1993-06	1993-11
15	NLSY79 1994 Interview NLSY79 1994 Interview Start Date 1994-06 End Date 1994-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. Data was not collected on percentage of interviews collected by ...	1994-06	1994-12
16	NLSY79 1996 Interview NLSY79 1996 Interview Start Date 1996-04 End Date 1996-10 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 12.1% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	1996-04	1996-10
17	NLSY79 1998 Interview NLSY79 1998 Interview Start Date 1998-03 End Date 1998-09 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 24.6% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	1998-03	1998-09
18	NLSY79 2000 Interview NLSY79 2000 Interview Start Date 2000-04 End Date 2001-01 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 32.5% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2000-04	2001-01
19	NLSY79 2002 Interview NLSY79 2002 Interview Start Date 2002-01 End Date 2002-12 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 70.0% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2002-01	2002-12
20	NLSY79 2004 Interview NLSY79 2004 Interview Start Date 2004-01 End Date 2005-02 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 82.8% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2004-01	2005-02
21	NLSY79 2006 Interview NLSY79 2006 Interview Start Date 2006-01 End Date 2007-03 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 85.6% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2006-01	2007-03
22	NLSY79 2008 Interview NLSY79 2008 Interview Start Date 2008-01 End Date 2009-03 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 88.8% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2008-01	2009-03
23	NLSY79 2010 Interview NLSY79 2010 Interview Start Date 2009-12 End Date 2011-02 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	Participants received a computer-assisted personal interview. 90.1% of interviews were collected by telephone. Only a sub-sample of ...	2009-12	2011-02
24	NLSY79 2012 Interview NLSY79 2012 Interview Start Date 2012-09 End Date 2013-09 Data sources Questionnaires Files No files could be found.	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 ...	2012-09	2013-09

Classifications

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and behaviours
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Diseases
Symptoms and signs
Medication and supplements
Non-pharmacological interventions
Health and community care services utilization
Death
Physical measures and assessments
Laboratory measures
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Preschool, school and work life
Social environment and relationships
Physical environment
Administrative information

Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Other psychological measures and assessments

Life events
Beliefs and values

Perception of health
Quality of life
Life course development
Functional limitations
Other perception of health, quality of life and functional limitation-related information

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics

Age/birthdate

Sex/gender

Twin

Marital/partner status

Family and household structure

Education

Residence

Birthplace

Citizenship and immigrant status

Ethnicity, race and religion

Labour force and retirement

Income, possessions, and benefits

Lifestyle and behaviours

Tobacco

Alcohol

Drugs

Nutrition

Physical activity

Transportation

Personal hygiene

Sleep

Sexual behaviours and orientation

Leisure activities

Misbehaviour and criminality

Other and unspecified lifestyle information

Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history

Contraception

Pregnancy, delivery and birth

Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations

Quality of life

Functional limitations

Use of assistive devices

Other perception of health, quality of life and functional limitation-related information

Diseases

Neoplasms (C00-D48)

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)

Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)

Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)

Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)

Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)

Diseases without precise specification or falling into multiple categories

Symptoms and signs

Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)

Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)

Symptoms and signs involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29)

Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour (R40-R46)

General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)

Symptoms related to multiple categories

Medication and supplements

Medication and supplement intake

Non-pharmacological interventions

Radiological interventions

Cognitive, psychological and sensory interventions

Educational and health promotion interventions

Laboratory diagnosis interventions

Other and unspecified non-pharmacological interventions

Health and community care services utilization

Visits to health professionals

Other health and community care

Death

Vital status

Cause of death

Physical measures and assessments

Physical characteristics

Anthropometry

Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments

Cognitive functioning

Personality

Psychological distress and emotions

Life events, life plans, beliefs and values

Life plans

Beliefs and values

Preschool, school and work life

Preschool life

School life

Work life

Social environment and relationships

Social network

Social participation

Social support

Parenting and familial environment

Other social environment characteristics

Physical environment

Built environment/neighbourhood characteristics

Workplace characteristics

Administrative information

Identifiers

Date and time-related information

Questionnaire and interview-related information

Other administrative information

Cognitive functioning

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

Personality

Pearlin Mastery Scale

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

Psychological distress and emotions

Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale

Beliefs and values

Rotter's Locus of Control Scale

Quality of life

Short-Form 12 Health Survey

Individual Study / NLSY79

National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979

Members

Design

Marker Paper

Recruitment

Number of Participants

Access

Timeline

Populations

Selection Criteria

Recruitment

Number of Participants

Files

Data Collection Events

Selection Criteria

Recruitment

Number of Participants

Files

Data Collection Events

Selection Criteria

Recruitment

Number of Participants

Files

Data Collection Events

Files

Classifications

Variables Classifications

Individual Study / NLSY79

National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979

Members

Elizabeth Cooksey

Audrey Light

Dan A. Black

Kymn M. Kochanek

Kymn M. Kochanek

Design

Marker Paper

Recruitment

Number of Participants

Access

Timeline

Populations

Selection Criteria

Recruitment

Number of Participants

Files

Data Collection Events

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1979 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1980 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1981 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1982 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1983 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1984 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1985 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1986 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1987 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1988 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1989 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1990 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1991 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1992 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1993 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1994 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1996 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 1998 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2000 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2002 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2004 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2006 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2008 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2010 Interview

NLSY79 - Military Sample - 2012 Interview

Selection Criteria

Recruitment

Number of Participants

Files

Data Collection Events

NLSY79 1979 Interview

NLSY79 1980 Interview

NLSY79 1981 Interview

NLSY79 1982 Interview

NLSY79 1983 Interview

NLSY79 1984 Interview

NLSY79 1985 Interview

NLSY79 1986 Interview

NLSY79 1987 Interview

NLSY79 1988 Interview

NLSY79 1989 Interview

NLSY79 1990 Interview

NLSY79 1991 Interview

NLSY79 1992 Interview

NLSY79 1993 Interview

NLSY79 1994 Interview

NLSY79 1996 Interview

NLSY79 1998 Interview

NLSY79 2000 Interview

NLSY79 2002 Interview

NLSY79 2004 Interview

NLSY79 2006 Interview

NLSY79 2008 Interview

NLSY79 2010 Interview

NLSY79 2012 Interview

Selection Criteria

Recruitment

Number of Participants

Files

Data Collection Events