New versions of all data in the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) collections have been updated in SodaPop.

The NLSY79 files are from the April 2008 release.

The NLSY97 files are from the June 2009 release.

New versions of all data in the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) Children and Young Adults collection have been updated in SodaPop. These files were released on Jan. 18, 2009.

The PRI Library has received an announcement from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and Center for Human Resource Research at The Ohio State University (CHRR) for a summer workshop on the National Longitudinal Surveys.

Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, and Earnings Growth: Results From A Longitudinal Survey, a press release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, present results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) 1979.

The PRI Data Archive has recently acquired the following NLSY data:

NLSY79 Main File and Work History Data: Revised 1

NLSY79 Child and Young Adult 1979-2004: Release 12.1

NLSY97 Main File Data Rounds 1-8: July 2006 Release

At present these CDs are only available on CD-ROM for check-out by registered users. All of the above will be added to the PRI NLSY SodaPop Collection in the near future. Users not wanting to access the data via CD-ROM may also elect to download the data from the Center for Human Resource Research (primary distributor).

The NLSY79 1979-2004 data is now available on SodaPop. These data will also be made available on CD-ROM for check-out from the PRI Data Archive in the near future.

A new codebook supplement has been released for the NLSY 1979-2002. The document is only available in electronic format, and is accessible from the PRI NLSY SodaPop Web Page.

Merely having an older sibling encourages risky behaviors, according to recent studies led by economist Susan Averett (USA Today, April 24, 2006). Averett analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, and the National Educational Longitudinal Survey.

A News Release from the BLS entitled “America’s Youth at 18: School Enrollment and Employment Transitions Between Ages 17 and 18 Summary.” This News Release is based on the NLSY 97 data set.

The NLS 2005 Handbook is now available. This online guide serves as an introduction to the 7 cohorts that make up the National Longitudinal Surveys: NLSY97, NLSY79 and children, Mature Women, Young Women, Older Men, and Young Men. The Handbook is especially useful for researchers new to the NLS data. Each cohort-specific chapter is accompanied with detailed tables and information about many of the variables contained in each of the surveys.

The link to the NLS 2005 Handbook can also be found on the PRI NLSY SodaPop Web Page under RELATED WEB SITES.