National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1979 Child Young Adult State, County, and MSA Geocode

The NLSY79 Child and Young Adult cohort is a longitudinal dataset that follows the biological children of the women in the NLSY79. The assessments measure cognitive ability, temperament, motor and social development, behavior problems, and self-competence of the children as well as the quality of their home environment. Mothers report on Head Start and preschool enrollment, schooling, grade repetition, school behavior, educational expectations, peer relations, and religious attendance and training for their school-age children. Detailed health information and physical characteristics are collected for each child. Starting in 1994, children ages 15 and older complete a lengthy interview modeled initially on the NLSY79 main Youth questionnaire but tailored to this second generation and designed to maximize both life course and cross-generational analyses. Information collected from these Young Adults includes education, training, employment, health, dating, fertility and parenting, marriage and cohabitation, household composition, and social-psychological indicators. These Young Adult respondents also answer questions on parent-child conflict, sexual activity, participation in delinquent or criminal activities, substance use, pro-social behavior, political attitudes, and their expectations for the future.