60 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child and Young Adult (NLSYCYA)
60.3 Description
- De-identified, patient-level
- Longitudinal survey
- Respondents are biological children of the women in NLS79
- Child survey:
- Children are assessed and interviewed every 2 years
- The assessments measure cognitive ability, temperament, motor and social development, behavior problems, and self-competence of the children as well as the quality of their home environment
- Data also collected form child’s mother
- Young Adult Survey:
- Starting in 1994 children 15 years and older complete interview modeled on NLSY79 questionnaires
- Information collected from these Young Adults includes education, training, employment, health, dating, fertility and parenting, marriage and cohabitation, household composition, and social-psychological indicators
- Custom data file built using Investigator (query tool) or full data download
- Some restricted-use data available upon request
60.6 Collection Methodology
- See Sample Design, and Sample Sizes: Who Was Interviewed in the Current Survey Round? in their webpage https://www.nlsinfo.org/content/cohorts/nlsy79-children/intro-to-the-sample/sample-design
- See Interview Methods https://www.nlsinfo.org/content/cohorts/nlsy79-children/intro-to-the-sample/interview-methods
60.7 Available at
Free for download at https://www.nlsinfo.org/investigator/pages/search.jsp?s=NLSCYA
60.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary
https://www.nlsinfo.org/content/cohorts/nlsy79-children/using-and-understanding-the-data
60.12 Special Notes
- Appropriate sample weights are available in each year to adjust the un-weighted sample cases for the minority oversamples and year-to-year sample attrition
- Sample weights for generating population estimates also available.
- There is a mother and a child sampling weight.
- Customized weights for longitudinal research can be created online (https://www.nlsinfo.org/weights/nlscya)
- Beginning in 2002, a new algorithm was used to create weights; there are revised weights for prior years using this same algorithm.
- A child identification code (CPUBID, C00001.00) allows to link children with their siblings in NLSYCY and with their mother in NLSY79.
- The panel dimension of the NLSY79 data collection permits one to cumulate sample cases for children at specified ages across survey points but this limits the ability to follow a particular age cohort across survey years. ?