DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38031.v1
title: The New Immigrant Survey Round 1 (NIS-2003-1), United States, 2003-2004 [Public and Restricted-Use Version 1]
title: Version 1

description: The New Immigrant Survey (NIS) was a nationally representative, longitudinal study of new legal immigrants to the United States and their children. The sampling frame was based on the electronic administrative records compiled for new legal permanent residents (LPRs) by the U.S. government (via, formerly, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and now its successor agencies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS)). The sample was drawn from new legal immigrants during May through November of 2003. The geographic sampling design took advantage of the natural clustering of immigrants. It included all top 85 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and all top 38 counties, plus a random sample of MSAs and counties. The baseline survey (ICPSR 38031) was conducted from June 2003 to June 2004 and yielded data on: 8,573 Adult Sample respondents, 810 sponsor-parents of the Sampled Child, 4,915 spouses, and 1,072 children aged 8-12. Interviews were conducted in the respondents' language of choice. The Round 1 questionnaire that were used in social-demographic-migration surveys around the world as well as the major U.S. longitudinal surveys were reviewed in order to achieve comparability.
description: The purpose of The New Immigrant Survey (NIS) was to obtain a general overview of the population of legal immigrants to the United States. Aims of the study included assessing changes in immigrants' lifestyles, evaluating employment situations and societal assimilations, and examining the education of immigrants and their transition towards permanent citizenship.
description: The New Immigrant Survey (NIS) was a nationally representative, multi-cohort, longitudinal study. Interviews were conducted in the respondents' language of choice. Questions that were used in social-demographic-migration surveys around the world as well as the major U.S. longitudinal surveys were reviewed in order to achieve comparability. The NIS content includes the following information: demographics, health and insurance, migration history, living conditions, transfers, employment history, income, assets, social networks, religion, housing environment, and child assessment tests.
description: HEALTH MEASURES: self-reports of conditions, symptoms, functional status, hygienic behaviors (e.g., smoking and drinking history), use/source/costs of health care services, depression, pain; BACKGROUND: Childhood history and living conditions, education, migration history, marital history, military history, fertility history, language skills, employment history in the U.S. and in foreign countries, social networks, religion; FAMILY: rosters of all children; for each, demographic attributes, summary indicators of childhood and current health, education, language ability, current work status, migration. Parent and sibling information; TRANSFERS: financial assistance given/received to/from respondent from/to relatives, friends, employer; ECONOMIC: sources and amounts of income, including wages, pensions, and government subsidies; type, value of assets and debts; HOUSING ENVIRONMENT: type, ownership of consumer durables
description: Datasets 1, 23, and 45 (Section Roster Public-Use) contain the weight variable <strong>NISWGTSAMP1</strong>.
description: The sampling frame consists of new-arrival immigrants and adjustee immigrants. New-arrival immigrants are those who are arriving in the United States with immigrant documents acquired abroad while adjustee immigrants are already in the United States with a temporary nonimmigrant visa and adjust to lawful permanent residence. The Adult and Child Samples are defined in terms of immigration category and age. The Adult Sample covers all immigrants who are 18 years of age or older at admission to the Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) program. The Child Sample covers immigrants with child-of-U.S.-citizen visas who are under 18 years of age and adopted orphans under five years of age. The sampling frame was based on the electronic administrative records compiled for new legal permanent residents (LPRs) by the U.S. government (via, formerly, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and now its successor agencies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS)). The first full cohort (NIS-2003-1) was sampled during May through November of 2003, yielding data on: 8,573 Adult Sample respondents; 810 sponsor-parent of the Sampled Child; 4,915 spouses; and 1,226 children aged 8-12. The baseline survey was conducted from June 2003 to June 2004. The geographic sampling design takes advantage of the natural clustering of immigrants. It includes all top 85 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and all top 38 counties, plus a random sample of MSAs and counties. A follow-up interview with 2003 cohort was conducted from June 2007 to October 2009 (NIS-2003-2). The number of completed interviews with main sampled immigrants was: 3,902 Adult Sample respondents; 351 sponsor-parent of the Sampled Child; 1,771 spouses; and 41 now-adult main children.
description: Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Adult Sample Section Roster Public-Use Data DS2: Adult Sample Section CIS Preload Public-Use Data DS3: Adult Sample Section A Demographics Public-Use Data DS4: Adult Sample Section B Pre-Immigration Experiences Public-Use Data DS5: Adult Sample Section B Pre-Immigration Experiences (ppp) Public-Use Data DS6: Adult Sample Section C Employment Public-Use Data DS7: Adult Sample Section C Employment (ppp) Public-Use Data DS8: Adult Sample Section D Health Public-Use Data DS9: Adult Sample Section E Health and Life Insurance Public-Use Data DS10: Adult Sample Section F Health Care Utilization and Daily Activities Public-Use Data DS11: Adult Sample Section G Income Public-Use Data DS12: Adult Sample Section G Income (ppp) Public-Use Data DS13: Adult Sample Section H Assets Public-Use Data DS14: Adult Sample Section H Assets (ppp) Public-Use Data DS15: Adult Sample Section I Transfers Public-Use Data DS16: Adult Sample Section I Transfers (ppp) Public-Use Data DS17: Adult Sample Section J Social Variables Public-Use Data DS18: Adult Sample Section K Migration History Public-Use Data DS19: Adult Sample Section L Parent/Guardian Public-Use Data DS20: Adult Sample Section M Home-SF Assessment Public-Use Data DS21: Adult Sample Section N Appendum Public-Use Data DS22: Adult Sample Section R Interviewer Comments on Respondent Interview Public-Use Data DS23: Proxy Child Sample Section Roster Public-Use Data DS24: Proxy Child Sample Section CIS Preload Public-Use Data DS25: Proxy Child Sample Section A Demographics Public-Use Data DS26: Proxy Child Sample Section B Pre-Immigration Experiences Public-Use Data DS27: Proxy Child Sample Section B Pre-Immigration Experiences (ppp) Public-Use Data DS28: Proxy Child Sample Section C Employment Public-Use Data DS29: Proxy Child Sample Section C Employment (ppp) Public-Use Data DS30: Proxy Child Sample Section D Health Public-Use Data DS31: Proxy Child Sample Section E Health and Life Insurance Public-Use Data DS32: Proxy Child Sample Section F Health Care Utilization and Daily Activities Public-Use Data DS33: Proxy Child Sample Section G Income Public-Use Data DS34: Proxy Child Sample Section G Income (ppp) Public-Use Data DS35: Proxy Child Sample Section H Assets Public-Use Data DS36: Proxy Child Sample Section H Assets (ppp) Public-Use Data DS37: Proxy Child Sample Section I Transfers Public-Use Data DS38: Proxy Child Sample Section I Transfers (ppp) Public-Use Data DS39: Proxy Child Sample Section J Social Variables Public-Use Data DS40: Proxy Child Sample Section K Migration History Public-Use Data DS41: Proxy Child Sample Section L Parent/Guardian Public-Use Data DS42: Proxy Child Sample Section M Home-SF Assessment Public-Use Data DS43: Proxy Child Sample Section N Appendum Public-Use Data DS44: Proxy Child Sample Section R Interviewer Comments on Respondent Interview Public-Use Data DS45: Spouse Sample Section Roster Public-Use Data DS46: Spouse Sample Section B Pre-Immigration Experiences Public-Use Data DS47: Spouse Sample Section B Pre-Immigration Experiences (ppp) Public-Use Data DS48: Spouse Sample Section C Employment Public-Use Data DS49: Spouse Sample Section C Employment (ppp) Public-Use Data DS50: Spouse Sample Section D Health Public-Use Data DS51: Spouse Sample Section E Health and Life Insurance Public-Use Data DS52: Spouse Sample Section F Health Care Utilization and Daily Activities Public-Use Data DS53: Spouse Sample Section G Income Public-Use Data DS54: Spouse Sample Section G Income (ppp) Public-Use Data DS55: Spouse Sample Section H Assets Public-Use Data DS56: Spouse Sample Section H Assets (ppp) Public-Use Data DS57: Spouse Sample Section I Transfers Public-Use Data DS58: Spouse Sample Section I Transfers (ppp) Public-Use Data DS59: Spouse Sample Section I-SP Transfers - Spouse Callback Public-Use Data DS60: Spouse Sample Section K Migration History Public-Use Data DS61: Spouse Sample Section L Parent/Guardian Public-Use Data DS62: Spouse Sample Section M Home-SF Assessment Public-Use Data DS63: Spouse Sample Section S Interviewer Comments on Spouse Interview Public-Use Data DS64: Child Sample Section Z Child Interview Public-Use Data DS65: Child Sample Section WJ Woodcock Johnson Assessment Public-Use Data DS66: Child Sample Section DS Digit Span Assessment Public-Use Data DS67: Adult Sample Education Variables Restricted-Use Data DS68: Adult Sample NonCash Payments Variables Restricted-Use Data DS69: Adult Sample Employment Variables Restricted-Use Data DS70: Adult Sample Occupation and Industry Variables Restricted-Use Data DS71: Adult Sample Health Condition Variables Restricted-Use Data DS72: Adult Sample Height and Weight Variables Restricted-Use Data DS73: Adult Sample Religion Variables Restricted-Use Data DS74: Adult Sample Currency Variables Restricted-Use Data DS75: Adult Sample State Variables Restricted-Use Data DS76: Adult Sample Language Variables Restricted-Use Data DS77: Adult Sample Country Variables Restricted-Use Data DS78: Adult Sample Relationship Variables Restricted-Use Data DS79: Proxy Child Sample Education Variables Restricted-Use Data DS80: Proxy Child Sample NonCash Payments Variables Restricted-Use Data DS81: Proxy Child Sample Employment Variables Restricted-Use Data DS82: Proxy Child Sample Occupation and Industry Variables Restricted-Use Data DS83: Proxy Child Sample Health Condition Variables Restricted-Use Data DS84: Proxy Child Sample Height and Weight Variables Restricted-Use Data DS85: Proxy Child Sample Religion Variables Restricted-Use Data DS86: Proxy Child Sample Currency Variables Restricted-Use Data DS87: Proxy Child Sample State Variables Restricted-Use Data DS88: Proxy Child Sample Language Variables Restricted-Use Data DS89: Proxy Child Sample Country Variables Restricted-Use Data DS90: Proxy Child Sample Relationship Variables Restricted-Use Data DS91: Spouse Sample NonCash Payments Variables Restricted-Use Data DS92: Spouse Sample Employment Variables Restricted-Use Data DS93: Spouse Sample Occupation and Industry Variables Restricted-Use Data DS94: Spouse Sample Health Condition Variables Restricted-Use Data DS95: Spouse Sample Height and Weight Variables Restricted-Use Data DS96: Spouse Sample Currency Variables Restricted-Use Data DS97: Spouse Sample State Variables Restricted-Use Data DS98: Spouse Sample Language Variables Restricted-Use Data DS99: Spouse Sample Country Variables Restricted-Use Data DS100: Spouse Sample Relationship Variables Restricted-Use Data DS101: Child Sample Country Variables Restricted-Use Data DS102: Child Sample Relationship Variables Restricted-Use Data DS103: Child Sample Language Variables Restricted-Use Data DS104: Child Sample Language Variables Digit Span Assessment Restricted-Use Data
description: Legal immigrants to the United States and their families. Smallest Geographic Unit: State
description: face-to-face interviewVersion 1 of The New Immigrant Survey Round 1 study contains variables pertaining to respondents' demographics. The Version 2 study contains information pertaining to the respondents' immigration details and geographic identifiers.At the request of the PI, only the curated Restricted-Use datasets and the Section Roster Public-Use datasets (unprocessed and provided to approved users in a compressed zip package) are included as part of this study's initial release by ICPSR. The curated Public-Use datasets will be made available in a future update.For the Restricted-Use datasets, two of the sample groups in this study, Adult and Proxy Child, possess the same variables in their respective twelve section datasets. Four of the ten Spouse sample section datasets, NonCash Payments, Employment, Health, and Height and Weight, possess the same variables that can be found in the Adult and Proxy Child sample counterparts. The remaining six datasets in the Spouse sample possess lower variable counts compared to the Adult and Proxy Child sample counterparts.Datasets in this study that contain "(ppp)" in their name indicate that they have purchasing power parities calculated.For more information, please visit The New Immigrant Survey website.