National longitudinal surveys of labor market experience, 1966-1992
Series: ICPSR -- 7610; ICPSR (Series) -- 7610
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: eng
Format: [computer file]
Subjects: Labor supply; Longitudinal studies; Databases; Working class; Labor economics
Description: The National Longitudinal Surveys provide data designed primarily to analyze sources of variation in labor market behavior and experience. The major topics that are covered in these surveys may be classified under the following headings: (1) labor market experience (including labor force participation, unemployment, job history, and job mobility), (2) socioeconomic and human capital (including education, training, health and physical condition, marital and family characteristics, financial characteristics, military service, job attitudes, retirement plans, and occupational aspirations and expectations), and (3) environmental variables (size of labor force in local area, unemployment rates for local area, and index of demand for female labor and for teen-age male labor). In addition, special topics are covered for particular cohorts or study years.
Notes: Title from User's Guide.

Initiators: Herbert S. Parnes and Howard Rosen ; current principal investigator, Randy Olsen.

The National Longitudinal Surveys are sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor, and conducted by the bureau of the census and NORC, University of Chicago, for the Center for Human Resource Research.

Chronological coverage: 1966-1992, data collected: 1966-1992.

Numeric data file, machine-readable documentation, database dictionaries, data definition statements, and data collection instrument.

These data occupy over 22 reels of tape when written at 6,250 bpi, and over 80 reels when written at 1,600 bpi. Due to the magnitude of the study, interested users should initially request the introductory report that describes the file structure and content prior to submitting their order. Complete documentation is available on microfiche only. Codebooks are also available in machine-readable form. Two of the cohorts are being discontinued: the final year for the young men cohort is 1981, while the final year for the mature men cohort is 1990.

Each of the first four cohorts is represented by a national probability sample of approximately 5,000 individuals--1,500 blacks and 3,500 whites. These four "original cohorts" have been interviewed at least once in every two years since the 1960s. Retention rates have remained high with around two-thirds of the active samples continuing to be interviewed.

Five cohorts are represented in this collection: mature men (45 to 59 years of age), mature women (30 to 44 years), young men and young women (each 14 to 24 years), and youth (males and females 14 to 22 years).