From ces.rdc.info@census.gov Tue Aug 7 16:06:23 2007 From: ces.rdc.info@census.gov (ces.rdc.info@census.gov) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:06:23 -0400 Subject: [rdc-info] National Longitudinal Survey data on the RDC network Message-ID: Four geographic data sets for four original cohorts of National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are available on the RDC network. They are the NLS of Young Men, Older Men, Young Women, Mature Women. The Young Women's survey includes women who were ages 14-24 when first interviewed in 1968. The Mature Women's survey includes women who were ages 30-44 when first interviewed in 1967. The Young Men's survey includes men who were ages 14-24 when first interviewed in 1966. The Older Men's survey includes men who were ages 45-59 when first interviewed in 1966. The Young Men's survey was discontinued in 1981, the Older Men's survey was discontinued in 1990, and the Mature Women's and Young Women's surveys were discontinued in 2003. For the NLS of Young Men and Older Men, geographic variables are available at the both the state and county levels, and the Primary Sampling Unit used in the 1966 surveys is also available. For the NLS of Young Women and Mature Women, more detailed geographic information are available, and geographic variables include state, county, census track, block group, latitude, longitude, and the names and locations of universities that the respondents attended. These files need to be linked to the public use files, which are available at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/nls), for research. ___________________________________________ Shigui Weng Chief, CES Data Staff Center for Economic Studies U.S. Census Bureau email: shigui.weng@census.gov phone: 301-763-6915