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An Evaluation of the National Longitudinal Survey on Youth.
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MaCurdy, Thomas; Mroz, Thomas; Gritz, R. Mark – Journal of Human Resources, 1998
Assesses the reliability of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) data in terms of attrition patterns, characteristics of attriters and returners, and comparability with the Current Population Survey (CPS). Explores how attrition might corrupt the picture of labor-market experience and attempts to reconcile discrepancies between the CPS…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Databases, Educational Status Comparison, Evaluation
The Effect of Interview Length on Attrition in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. National Longitudinal Surveys Discussion Paper.
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Branden, Laura; And Others – 1995
The effect of interview length on wave nonresponse in a longitudinal survey was studied, controlling for respondent-specific characteristics known to affect survey response. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were used, for a sample of over 10,000 people who were 14 to 22 years old when first interviewed in 1979. These individuals…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attrition (Research Studies), Equations (Mathematics), Interviews