demog_nlsy79: Demographic Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of...

In numbats/yowie: Longitudinal Wages Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

Demographic Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79)

Description

A data set contains demographic information of the NLSY79 cohort. The cohort included 12,686 respondents ages 14-22 when first interviewed in 1979.

Format

A data frame contains 12,686 rows and 8 variables:

id

A unique individual's ID number.

age_1979

The age of the subject in 1979.

sex

Sex of the subject: f = Female and m = Male.

race

Race of the subject: NBH = Non-Black,Non-Hispanic; H = Hispanic; B = Black.

hgc

Highest grade completed.

hgc_i

Integer of highest grade completed.

hgc_1979

The highest grade completed in 1979 (integer value).

ged

Wether the respondent had a high school diploma or Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED). 1: High school diploma; 2: GED; 3: Both

Source

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021, January 6). National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. https://www.nlsinfo.org/content/cohorts/nlsy79/get-data

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