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Appendix B: Descriptions of Longitudinal Studies
Appendix B: Descriptions of Longitudinal Studies
Pages 269-290
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of the University of Chicago Purpose The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) Is the most recent in a series of longitudinal studies conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics at the U.S.
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Eighth graders participated in group sessions at their schools where they completed student questionnaires and cognitive tests. School administrator data were collected from the senior school administrator (usually the principal or headmaster)
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questionnaires, dropout questionnaires, student achievement test scores, school administrator and teacher questionnaires, and a parent questionnaire focusing on the financing of postsecondary education. In the second foflow-up, only math and science teachers for each student were surveyed.
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First follow-up included similar content, as well as information about significant life events, family decision making, and substance abuse. The second foflow-up contained similar material, as well as plans for the future, money and work, and an early graduate supplement which contained items about reasons for graduating early and current employment and enrollment.
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The longitudinal design of this study permits the examination of change in young people's lives and the role of schools in promoting growth and positive life outcomes. For example, NELS:88 data can be used to investigate the transition from middle school to secondary school, the students' academic growth over time, the features of effective schools, the process of dropping out of school as it occurs from eighth grade on, the role of the school in helping disadvantaged students, the school experiences and academic performance of language minority students, and factors associated with attracting students to the study of mathematics and science.
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ry University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill National Opinion Research Center (NORC) of the University of Chicago The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescents was designed to assess the health status of adolescents and explore causes of their health-related behaviors, focusing on multiple contexts or environments (both social and physical)
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questionnaire: social and demographic characteristics of respondents, education and occupation of parents, household structure, risk behaviors, expectations for the future, self-esteem, health status, friendships, school-year extracurricular activities. In-home interview: health status, health facility utilization, nutrition, peer networks, decision-making processes, family composition and dynamics, educational aspirations and expectations, employment experience, the ordering of events in the formation of romantic partnerships, sexual partnerships, substance use, and criminal activities.
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Census, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Center for Health Statistics, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Council of Churches, and other published data bases. Contact J
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1997. Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health: Research Design.
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Design The NESY has three subsamples: a cross-sectional sample of 6,111 youth designed to be representative of the noninstitutionalized civilian segment of young people living in the United States in 1979 and born between January I, 1957 and December al, 1964; a supplemental sample of 5,295 youth designed to oversample Hispanic, black, and economically disadvantaged youth living in the United States in 1979 and born between January i, 1957 and December al, 1964; and a sample of i,280 youth designed to represent the population born between January I, 1957 and December al, 1961 and who were enlisted in the military as of September 30, 1978. Personally-administered interviews were conducted annually from 1979 through 1986.
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Respondents have also been the subjects for a number of special surveys. Major data elements available in NESY: demographic and family background characteristics, household composition, educational status and attainment, high school experiences, aptitude and intelligence scores, nongovernment vocational/technical training, government training and jobs, military experience, labor market activity and transitions, detailed work histories, marital history, fertility, child care, income and assets, health, alcohol and substance use, illegal activities, attitudes and aspirations, geographic information, detailed geocode data files, and geographic proximity/mobility matches.
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The data will improve understanding of how different youths negotiate the transition and help researchers identify the antecedents and causes for youths who experience difficulties making the transition from school to work. Design A representative national sample of approximately 10,000 youth ages 12-16 years old on December 3l, 1996.
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Contact Michael W Horrigan National Longitudinal Surveys Suite 4945 2 Massachusetts Ave.
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questionnaire. The design permits examination of four kinds of change: changes in particular years reflected across all age groups; developmental changes that show up consistently from year to year; consistent differences among class cohorts over time; and changes linked to envi .
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biannually. Content, Policy, and Research Issues Drug and alcohol use, attitudes towards drugs, availability of drugs, cigarette use, attitudes towards cigarettes, availability of cigarettes, demographic information, grades, hours of work per week, amount of pay for work, parents' education, college plans, high school curriculum, sleep, breakfast eating, exercise, dating, delinquency, life satisfaction, truancy, interpersonal aggression, victimization, and self-esteem.
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and the family units in which they reside. Design The study's original 5,000 households constitute a national probability sample of U.S.
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The major core topics covered are income sources and amounts, poverty status, public assistance, other financial matters, family structure and demographic measures (e.g., marital status, births and adoptions, children forming househofUs) , labor market participation, housework time, housing, geographic mobility, socioeconomic background, and general health.
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Jeffrey Evans, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Purpose To study family processes and transitions, viewing family relationships in the context of other adult roles and opportunities. Design The original 1987-88 sample included 13,000 households.
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Teffrey Evans Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 6100 Executive Boulevard Bethesda, MD 20892-7510 Sources: National Research Council, 1995, Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
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to assess the cost effectiveness of alternative methods for locating and maximizing the initial response rates of sampled immigrants; (2) to explore the costs, feasibility, and effectiveness of alternative methods of tracking over time sampled immigrants after their initial contacts that will permit a longitudinal survey of a highly mobile population with minimal attrition; and (3)
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The first type of data include marital and employment histories, and the second type include migration and language-acquisition histories. Contact Guillermina lasso Department of Sociology New York University Mail Code 0831 269 Mercer Street, #412 New York, NY 10003 Source: National Research Council Workshop on Longitudinal Research on Children, September 12-13, 1997, Washington, D.C.
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