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The NLS data sets are publicly available online by going to the NLS Web Investigator. Here are a few of the many features:

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Product Availability

This page contains available NLS products sorted by Cohort. All products available via download are free. Some products are available in chapter by chapter form from the BLS site at http://www.bls.gov/nls/nlsdoc.htm. Because it is important to use the data in conjunction with the questionnaires and other supplemental information, users need to have access to all documentation for the cohort(s) in which they are interested.

 NLSY97
NLSY79
NLSY79-Children-Young Adults
NLS Mature Women and Young Women
NLS Older Men and Young Men
General Documentation
Confidential Data
 

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NLSY97
The NLSY97 Geocode data can only be made available to users who have successfully completed a geocode application and signed a confidentiality agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If interested in gaining access to the NLSY97 Geocode data, please review the information at http://stats.bls.gov/nls/nlsgeo97.htm.

The NLSY97 errata is available at http://www.nlsinfo.org/nlsy97/nlsy97_errata.php3.

PLEASE READ: The NLSY97 is now accessed via the Web Investigator only. The locally installed version accessed through the DB Investigator is no longer available. Click the link under "Description" for item NLSY97 to be directed to the Web Investigator page. Please contact NLS User Services for any questions: usersvc@chrr.osu.edu, 614/442-7366.

Item No. Description Order Hardcopy Size/Download
FREE ($0.00)
NLSY97   NLSY97 Event History and Main File Data Rounds 1-10 Release 2008-09-19       $ 0.00
QX97-R1   NLSY97 Round 1 Questionnaire 1997     $ 25.00  7.8 MB 
QX97-R2   NLSY97 Round 2 Questionnaire 1998     $ 25.00  1,328 KB 
QX97-R3   NLSY97 Round 3 Questionnaire 1999     $ 40.00  1437 KB 
QX97-R4   NLSY97 Round 4 Questionnaire 2000     $ 40.00  7201 KB 
QX97-R5   NLSY97 Round 5 Questionnaire 2001       $ 0.00  31 KB zipped; 5.4MB unzipped 
QX97-R6   NLSY97 Round 6 Questionnaire 2002       $ 0.00  307 Kb zipped; 4.6 Mb unzipped 
QX97-R7   NLSY97 Round 7 Questionnaire 2003        $ 0.00  343 Kb zipped; 5.2 Mb unzipped 
QX97-R8   NLSY97 Round 8 Questionnaire 2004        $ 0.00  344 Kb zipped; 5 Mb unzipped 
QX97-R9   NLSY97 Round 9 Questionnaire 2005       $ 0.00  440 Kb zipped; 8.6 Mb unzipped 
QX97-R10 Prelim   NLSY97 Round 10 Preliminary Questionnaire 2006        $ 0.00  6 MB 
QX97-R11 Prelim   NLSY97 Round 11 Preliminary Questionnaire 2007        $ 0.00  7.1 MB 
APP9-R1   NLSY97 Appendix 9 Family Process & Adolescent Outcome Measures     $ 12.00  951 KB 
IRM97-R1   NLSY97 Interviewer Reference Manual     $ 3.00  859 KB 
CBK97-R1   Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 1)     $ 15.00  660 KB 
CBK97-R2   Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 2)     $ 15.00  821 KB 
CBK97-R3   Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 3)     $ 30.00  1078 KB 
CBK97-R4   Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 4)     $ 30.00  1.4 MB 
CBK97-R5   Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 5)        $ 0.00  1244 Kb zipped; 5.5 Mb unzipped 
CBK97-R6   Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 6)        $ 0.00  1210 Kb zipped; 4 Mb unzipped 
CBK97-R7   Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 7)       $ 0.00  1400 Kb zipped; 5.6 Mb unzipped 
CBK97-R8   Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 8)       $ 0.00  1286 Kb zipped;
3.8 Mb unzipped 
CBK97-R9   Mainfile Codebook Supplement (Round 9)       $ 0.00  1.5 Mb zipped; 3.8 Mb unzipped 
GEOCBK97-R8   Geocode Codebook Supplement (Round 8)       $ 0.00  108 Kb zipped; 790 Kb unzipped 
GEOCBK97-R9   Geocode Codebook Supplement (Round 9)       $ 0.00  234 Kb zipped; 1.1 Mb unzipped 
Tech97-R1   NLSY97 Technical Sampling Report     $ 0.00  6247 KB 
User Guide   NLSY97 User Guide        $ 0.00

 

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NLSY79
The NLSY79 Geocode data can only be made available to users who have successfully completed a geocode application and signed a confidentiality agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If interested in gaining access to the NLSY79 Geocode data, please review the information at http://stats.bls.gov/nls/nlsgeo79.htm.

The NLSY79 errata is available at http://www.nlsinfo.org/nlsy79/nlsy79_errata.php3.

PLEASE READ: The NLSY79 is now accessed via the Web Investigator only. The locally installed version accessed through the DB Investigator is no longer available. Click the link under "Description" for item NLSY79 to be directed to the Web Investigator page. Please contact NLS User Services for any questions: usersvc@chrr.osu.edu, 614/442-7366.

Item No. Description Order Hardcopy Size/Download
FREE ($0.00)
NLSY79   NLSY79, 1979-2006, Main File and Work History Data-4/2008       $ 0.00
D79-MaleFert   NLSY79 Augmented Male Fertility Data File 1979-1998       $ 0.00  1.2 Mb zipped; 50 unzipped 
C0179   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1979     $ 13.00  8 Mb zipped; 9 unzipped 
C0180   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1980     $ 13.00  9 Mb zipped; 10 unzipped 
C0181   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1981     $ 13.00  10 Mb zipped; 10.6 unzipped 
C0182   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1982     $ 13.00  10.7 Mb zipped; 11 unzipped 
C0183   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1983     $ 13.00  10.6 Mb zipped; 11 unzipped 
C0184   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1984     $ 13.00  10.8 Mb zipped; 11.4 unzipped 
C0185   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1985     $ 13.00  12.2 Mb zipped; 12.6 unzipped 
C0186   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1986     $ 13.00  11.8 Mb zipped; 12.5 unzipped 
C0187   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1987     $ 13.00  5.8 Mb zipped; 6.1 unzipped 
C0188   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1988     $ 13.00  12.6 Mb zipped; 13.3 unzipped 
C0189   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1989     $ 13.00  6.5 Mb zipped; 6.9 unzipped 
C0190   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1990     $ 13.00  10.9 Mb zipped; 11.5 unzipped 
C0191   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1991     $ 13.00  6.9 Mb zipped; 7.3 unzipped 
C0192   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1992     $ 13.00  15.9 Mb zipped; 18 unzipped 
C0193   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1993     $ 13.00  35.6 Mb zipped; 37 unzipped 
C0194   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1994     $ 13.00  0.3 Mb zipped; 1.6 unzipped 
C0196   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1996     $ 13.00  0.3 Mb zipped; 1.7 unzipped 
C0198   NLSY79 Questionnaire 1998     $ 13.00  0.3 Mb zipped; 1.5 unzipped 
C01QX2000   NLSY79 Questionnaire 2000     $ 13.00  0.84 Mb 
C01QX2002   NLSY79 Questionnaire 2002       $ 0.00  2.7 Mb 
C01QX2004   NLSY79 Questionnaire 2004       $ 0.00  3.4 MB 
C01QX2006   NLSY79 Questionnaire 2006       $ 0.00  3.6 Mb 
C01QX2008_Prelim   NLSY79 Questionnaire 2008 Preliminary        $ 0.00  4.1 Mb 
CS79-2004   NLSY79 Main File Codebook Supplement 1979-2004       $ 0.00  3.2 MB 
CS79GEO-2004   NLSY79 Geocode Codebook Supplement 1979-2004       $ 0.00  1.1 MB 
S08   High School and Transcript Codebook     $ 7.00  5.5 Mb zipped; 5.7 unzipped 
S09   Profiles of American Youth (Attachment 106) and Addendum     $ 6.00  5 Mb zipped;
5.3 unzipped 
Y06   Technical Sampling Report and Addendum     $ 12.00  4.1 Mb unzipped 
Y08   Household Screener and IRM     $ 14.00  9.6 Mb 
UG79-06   NLSY79 User Guide 1979-2006       $ 0.00

 

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NLSY79-Children-Young Adults

The Young Adult geocode file, along with the main NLSY79 geocode file, is available on a separate CD to users who have successfully completed a geocode application and signed a confidentiality agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If interested in gaining access to the NLSY79 Young Adult Geocode data, please review the information at http://www.bls.gov/nls/geocodeapp.htm.

The NLSY79 Child and Young Adult Errata and User Notes is available at http://www.nlsinfo.org/nlscya/childya_documentation/childya_errata.php3.

PLEASE READ: The NLSY79 Child and Young Adult data file is now accessed via the Web Investigator only. The locally installed version accessed through the DB Investigator is no longer available. Click the link under "Description" for item Child-Young Adult to be directed to the Web Investigator page. Please contact NLS User Services for any questions: usersvc@chrr.osu.edu, 614/442-7366.

Item No. Description Order Hardcopy Size/Download
FREE ($0.00)
Child-YA   NLSY79 Child/Young Adult (1986-2006)-revised 2009-01-18       $ 0.00
C86   NLSY79 Child Questionnaires 1986     $ 10.00  5.5 Mb unzipped 
C88   NLSY79 Child Questionnaires 1988     $ 10.00  10.8 Mb unzipped 
C90   NLSY79 Child Questionnaires 1990     $ 10.00  8.8 Mb unzipped 
C92   NLSY79 Child Questionnaires 1992     $ 10.00  13 Mb unzipped 
CYA-94   NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Questionnaires 1994     $ 16.00  7 Mb unzipped 
CYA-96   NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Questionnaires 1996     $ 16.00  9.7 Mb unzipped 
CYA-98   NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Questionnaires 1998     $ 16.00  1.4 Mb unzipped 
CYA-2000   NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Questionnaires 2000     $ 16.00  3.5 Mb unzipped 
CYA-2002   NLSY79 Child/Young Adult Questionnaires 2002     $ 16.00  9.9 Mb unzipped 
CHD-2004   Child, Mother, and Child Self-Administered Supplements 2004       $ 0.00
YA-2004   Young Adult Questionnaire 2004       $ 0.00
CHD-2006,ChildSupp   Child and Child Self-Administered Supplements 2006       $ 0.00
CHD-2006,MotherSupp   2006 Mother Supplement       $ 0.00
CHD-2006-DigitSpan   2006 Child Supplement Assessment-Digit Span        $ 0.00
CHD-2006-PIATmath   2006 Child Supplement Assessment-PIAT Math       $ 0.00
CHD-2006-PIATreadcom   2006 Child Supplement Assessment-PIAT Reading Comprehension       $ 0.00
CHD-2006-PIATreadrec   2006 Child Supplement Assessment-PIAT Reading Recognition       $ 0.00
CHD-2006-PPVT   2006 Child Supplement Assessment-PPVT       $ 0.00
CHD-2006-SPPC   2006 Child Supplement Assessment-SelfPerceptionProfile       $ 0.00
YA-2006   Young Adult Questionnaire 2006       $ 0.00
CYA-DG-2002   NLSY79 2002 Child/Young Adult Data Users Guide       $ 0.00  2.1 Mb Adobe PDF 
CYA-DG-2004   NLSY79 2004 Child/Young Adult Data Users Guide       $ 0.00  1.4 Mb PDF 
CYA-DG-2006   NLSY79 2006 Child/Young Adult Data Users Guide       $ 0.00  4.4 Mb PDF 
CAST-1994   NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-1994     $ 0.00  425 Kb Adobe PDF 
CAST-1996   NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-1996     $ 0.00  228 Kb Adobe PDF 
CAST-1998   NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-1998     $ 0.00  178 Kb Adobe PDF 
CAST-2000   NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-2000     $ 0.00  193 Kb Adobe PDF 
CAST-2002   NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-2002     $ 0.00  320 Kb Adobe PDF 
CAST-2004   NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-2004       $ 0.00  177 Kb Adobe PDF 
CAST-2006   NLSY79 Child Assessments: Selected Tables-2006       $ 0.00
ChildAssessmentBib   NLSY79 Child Assessment Research Bibliography       $ 0.00

 

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NLS Mature Women and Young Women
The NLS Mature Women and Young Women errata is available at http://www.nlsinfo.org/women/my_women_errata.php3.

PLEASE READ: The Mature Women and Young Women data sets are now accessed via the Web Investigator only. The locally installed versions accessed through the DB Investigator are no longer available. Click the link under "Description" to be directed to the Web Investigator page. Please contact NLS User Services for any questions: usersvc@chrr.osu.edu, 614/442-7366.

Item No. Description Order Hardcopy Size/Download
FREE ($0.00)
Mature Women   Mature Women 1967-2003 data release        $ 0.00
Young Women   Young Women 1968-2003 data release        $ 0.00
D-MW-89Pension   Mature Women 1989 Pension File       $ 0.00  26.5 Mb zipped; 70 unzipped 
W1367   1967 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.8 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1368   1968 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  .2 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1369   1969 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1371   1971 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1372   1972 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  3.2 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1374   1974 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  .8 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1376   1976 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  .9 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1377   1977 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  4 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1379   1979 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  1.5 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1381   1981 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.5 Adobe PDF 
W1382   1982 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  8.2 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1384   1984 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  5 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1386   1986 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  6.3 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1387   1987 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  8 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1389   1989 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  9.3 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1392   1992 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  18 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1395   1995 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 20.00  1 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1397   1997 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 20.00  1 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1399   1999 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 20.00  1 Mb Adobe PDF 
W1301   2001 Mature Women Questionnaire     $ 25.00  2.8 Mb HTML 
W1303   2003 Mature Women Questionnaire       $ 0.00  2.8 Mb HTML 
W450   Mature Women 1989 Pension Plan Documentation     $ 40.00  26 Mb Adobe PDF 
W07   Mature Women Codebook Supplement 1967-2003     $ 30.00  22 Mb 
W08   Flow Charts, Mature Women     $ 5.00  .1 Mb zipped; .8 Mb unzipped 
W14   Interviewers Reference Manual, Mature Women, 1999     $ 6.00
UGMW-01   NLS User's Guide: Mature Women 2001     $ 0.00
G1368   1968 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.8 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1369   1969 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.0 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1370   1970 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  4.2 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1371   1971 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.9 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1372   1972 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  3.2 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1373   1973 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  3.7 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1375   1975 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  1.0 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1377   1977 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  1.3 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1378   1978 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  5.6 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1380   1980 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.1 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1382   1982 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.7 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1383   1983 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  8.0 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1385   1985 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  8.8 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1387   1987 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  4.9 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1388   1988 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  9.5 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1391   1991 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  7.3 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1393   1993 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 2.00  11.6 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1395   1995 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 20.00  1 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1397   1997 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 20.00  1 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1399   1999 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 20.00  1 Mb Adobe PDF 
G1301   2001 Young Women Questionnaire     $ 25.00  2.8 Mb HTML 
G1303   2003 Young Women Questionnaire       $ 0.00  3 Mb HTML 
G07   Young Women Codebook Supplement 1968-2003     $ 30.00  29 Mb Adobe PDF 
G08   Flow Charts, Young Women     $ 5.00  .1Mb zipped; .8Mb unzipped 
G14   Interviewers Reference Manual, Young Women, 1999.     $ 6.00
UG-YW01   NLS User's Guide: Young Women 2001     $ 0.00

 

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NLS Older Men and Young Men
The NLS Older Men errata is available at www.nlsinfo.org/men/om_errata.php3.

The NLSY Young Men errata is available at www.nlsinfo.org/boys/ym_errata.php3.

PLEASE READ: The Older Men and Young Men data sets are now accessed via the Web Investigator only. The locally installed versions accessed through the DB Investigator are no longer available. Click the link under "Description" to be directed to the Web Investigator page. Please contact NLS User Services for any questions: usersvc@chrr.osu.edu, 614/442-7366.

Item No. Description Order Hardcopy Size/Download
FREE ($0.00)
Older Men   Older Men 1966-1990 data release        $ 0.00
Young Men   Young Men 1967-1981 data release        $ 0.00
M1366   1966 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2 Mb 
M1367   1967 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  1.6 Mb 
M1368   1968 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  .2 Mb 
M1369   1969 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.2 Mb Adobe PDF 
M1371   1971 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  3.7 Mb 
M1373   1973 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  .7 Mb 
M1375   1975 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  .7 Mb 
M1376   1976 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  3.9 Mb 
M1378   1978 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  1.3 Mb 
M1380   1980 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  3.0 Mb 
M1381   1981 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  6.2 Mb 
M1383   1983 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.8 Mb 
M1390   1990 Older Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  15.4 Mb 
M07   Codebook Supplement - Older Men     $ 30.00  5.3 Mb 
M08   Flow Charts, Mature Men     $ 5.00  .1 Mb zipped; .5 Mb unzipped 
M14   Interviewers Reference Manual, Mature Men 1990     $ 6.00
B1366   1966 Young Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.3 Mb 
B1367   1967 Young Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  1.8 Mb 
B1368   1968 Young Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2 Mb 
B1369   1969 Young Men Questionnaire      $ 2.00  2.2 MB 
B1370   1970 Young Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.7 Mb 
B1371   1971 Young Men Questionnaire      $ 2.00  2 Mb 
B1373   1973 Young Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  1 Mb 
B1375   1975 Young Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  1 Mb 
B1376   1976 Young Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  4 Mb 
B1378   1978 Young Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  1.8 Mb 
B1380   1980 Young Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  2.5 Mb 
B1381   1981 Young Men Questionnaire     $ 2.00  6.4 Mb 
B07   Codebook Supplement - Young Men     $ 30.00  11.5 Mb 
B08   Flow Charts, Young Men     $ 5.00  .1 Mb zipped; .1 Mb unzipped 
B14   Interviewers Reference Manual, Young Men 1981     $ 6.00

 

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General Documentation
Item No. Description Order Hardcopy Size/Download
FREE ($0.00)
N/A-1   NLS News, a quarterly newsletter       $ 0.00
N/A-2   NLS Annotated Bibliography       $ 0.00

 

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Confidential Data
Geocode data can only be made available to users who have successfully completed a geocode application and signed a confidentiality agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If interested in gaining access to the NLSY79 Geocode data, please review the information at stats.bls.gov/nls/nlsdata.htm.
Item No. Description Order Hardcopy Size/Download
FREE ($0.00)
D97-RND1-10GEO   NLSY97 Round 10 1997-2006 Geocode cd       $ 0.00
D79CYA2006GEO   NLSY79-Child/YA 1979-2006 Geocode cd       $ 0.00
 

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