ExtraOutcomes79: Extra outcome variables in the NLSY79
In NlsyLinks: Utilities and kinship information for research with the NLSY

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This dataset is provided primarily to facilitate documentation examples.

A data frame with 11,495 observations on the following 6 variables. There is one row per subject.

SubjectTag: The ID value assigned by NLS to the first subject. For Gen1 Subjects, this is their "CaseID" (ie, R00001.00). For Gen2 subjects, this is their "CID" (ie, C00001.00).
SubjectID: The ID value assigned by NLS to the first subject. For Gen1 Subjects, this is their "CaseID" (ie, R00001.00). For Gen2 subjects, this is their "CID" (ie, C00001.00).
Generation: The generation of the subject. Values are either 1 or 2, representing Gen1 and Gen2. Note that this variable is not a factor (in constrast with data frames like Links79Pair). This dataset is supposed to mimick the dataset provided by the researcher, which typically will not have been converted to a factor.
HeightZGenderAge: The subject's height, standardized by gender and age (see Details).
WeightZGenderAge: The subject's weight, standardized by gender and age (see Details).
AfqtRescaled2006Gaussified: Armed Forces Qualification Test Score (Gen1 only; see Details).
Afi: Self-reported age of first intercourse (Gen1 only; see Details).
Afm: Self-reported age of first menstration (Gen1 only; see Details).
MathStandardized: Standardized PIAT Math scores (Gen2 only; see Details).

The SubjectTag variable uniquely identify subjects. For Gen2 subjects, the SubjectTag is identical to their CID (ie, C00001.00 -the SubjectID assigned in the NLSY79-Children files). However for Gen1 subjects, the SubjectTag is their CaseID (ie, R00001.00), with "00" appended. This manipulation is necessary to identify subjects uniquely in inter-generational datasets. A Gen1 subject with an ID of 43 has a SubjectTag of 4300. The SubjectTags of her four children remain 4301, 4302, 4303, and 4304.

For Gen2, an NLSY79 variable of MathStandardized is C05801.00.

Afi and Afm, values were simplified (to one value per subject) by Kelly Meredith in Sept 2010.

The variables for height and weight were manipulated in R files available in a repository available to the public. Find the appropriate subfolder, and view the HTML report for more details.

Will Beasley

Gen1 information comes from the Summer 2013 release of the NLSY79 sample. Gen2 information comes from the Summer 2013 release of the NLSY79 Children and Young Adults sample. Data were extracted with the NLS Investigator (https://www.nlsinfo.org/investigator/).

library(NlsyLinks) #Load the package into the current R session.
gen2Outcomes <- subset(ExtraOutcomes79, Generation==2) #Create a dataset of only Gen2 subjects.

#plot(ExtraOutcomes79) #Uncomment to see a large scatterplot matrix.
summary(ExtraOutcomes79)

oldPar <- par(mfrow=c(3,2))
hist(ExtraOutcomes79$Generation)
hist(ExtraOutcomes79$MathStandardized)
hist(ExtraOutcomes79$HeightZGenderAge)
hist(ExtraOutcomes79$WeightZGenderAge)
hist(ExtraOutcomes79$Afi)
hist(ExtraOutcomes79$Afm)
par(oldPar)