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

Source: R/demog_nlsy79.R

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 7 variables:

id

A unique individual's ID number.

age_1979

The age of the subject in 1979.

gender

Gender of the subject, FEMALE and MALE.

race

Race of the subject, NON-BLACK,NON-HISPANIC; HISPANIC; BLACK.

hgc

Highest grade completed.

hgc_i

Integer of highest grade completed.

yr_hgc

The year when the highest grade completed.

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