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Procedures for Estimating Parenthood and Marital Status for Respondents to the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. A Rand Note.
Blaschke, Thomas J.; And Others – 1979
Procedures are outlined for estimating changes in parenthood and marital status for respondents of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). Seven key variables that summarize the information on parenthood and marital status are estimated: number of children as of the first week of October in 1973, 1974, and 1976, a…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Databases
NLS-72-Postsecondary Education Transcript Files. Data User's Manual for Revised Transcript, Term, and Course Files. Supplementary Addendum.
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Adelman, Clifford – 1992
This addendum describes the nature, rationale, and results of the second cleaning and revision of the National Longitudinal Study of 1972 (NLS-72) Postsecondary Education Transcript Files (PETS). This project, conducted for nearly 3 years, followed an initial cleaning and reduction in 1987, which came about as a reaction to the idiosyncratic…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Data Analysis, Databases, Definitions
First Follow-Up Survey. Final Methodological Report. Longitudinal Studies of Educational Effects. National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972.
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Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1976
A major purpose of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) was to provide a data base for studies concerned with the relationship between high school experience and experience in the years immediately following graduation. This methodological report is designed to facilitate use of the data base. The sample was…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attrition (Research Studies), Data Analysis, Data Collection
Base Year, First, Second, and Third Follow-up. Data File Users Manual. Volume II. National Longitudinal Study.
Levinsohn, Jay; And Others – 1978
This Users Manual is the supporting documentation for the Public Use Data File from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). The data file contains certain merged data from the base year (1972), and first, second, and third follow-up NLS surveys for 22,652 cases. This volume contains only appendices K through Q, as…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Processing, Databases, Followup Studies
National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972: First Followup Survey Design, Instrument Preparation, Data Collection and File Development.
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Tabler, Kenneth – 1977
Activities involved in the collection and assembling of data for computer processing from the first followup survey of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) are briefly described. Included are an overview of the NLS; the sample design and survey participation; the development of the first followup survey…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Followup Studies
National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972: Second Follow-up Survey. Final Methodological Report.
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Bailey, J. P., Jr. – 1976
The status of the high school class of 1972, as it was two years after graduation in October 1974, is described in terms of questionnaire survey responses. Students from 1,153 high schools participated and 20,872 students responded to the questionnaire out of the total group of 23,451. The development, administration, and reliability of the survey…
Descriptors: Attendance, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases