Data Collection for Older NLSY Children

我们的主要目标是将NLSY 79年轻成人数据收集扩展到21岁及以上的年轻人， 2008年和2010年数据收集周期。这些年轻人代表了NLSY 79女性所生的最大的孩子 受访者。正在进行的赠款为2004/2006年与21岁及以上青年的面谈提供了资金。 在NICHD的支持下，所有NLSY 79儿童都接受了各种认知和社会情感训练， 自1986年起每两年进行一次评估。将这些儿童测试数据与一系列母亲、家庭和儿童 NLSY 79整个生命周期的属性，行为和态度允许研究人员在多个 科学和社会科学各学科开展一系列方案性和政策相关的 research.然而，对许多研究人员来说，一个关键问题是， 儿童和青少年的发展轨迹以及随后的成人成功和福祉。 自1994年以来，NICHD一直支持收集教育、就业、健康行为和 来自NLSY 79名15岁及以上儿童（年轻成人）的态度信息。自2000年以来， 年龄最大的年轻人（21岁以上）得到了NICHD的资助，从而扩大了研究范围 使用他们青少年/早期成年时母亲的代际数据，加上多波 从儿童早期到青少年时期的数据，以探索青春期到早期成人的过渡。 将这一数据收集工作延长到2010年，将使研究人员和政策分析人员能够探索这两个问题。 科学界核心兴趣的代内和跨代研究课题，重点是成年人 在他们二十多岁的时候。在2008/2010年，21岁以上的年轻人数量将增加， 按性别、社会经济地位和种族/民族进行详细分析，样本将变得更多， 异质性，增加了年轻成人样本的效用，使更广泛的概括。 这些数据在许多方面与公共卫生有关。有关健康的数据是从 自1979年以来，这些年轻成年人的母亲与她们所有的怀孕、体重和物质使用有关。 从年轻人出生起就收集健康数据，例如详细的产后健康问题， 健康护理，身高和体重，事故和伤害，所有疾病的性质，情绪问题，以及 哮喘病史年轻人回答有关性行为、怀孕和活产的问题。

Our primary objective is to extend the NLSY79 young adult data collection for youth age 21 and over through the 2008 and 2010 data collection rounds. These youth represent the oldest children born to NLSY79 female respondents. The ongoing grant has provided funds for interviews with youth age 21 and over in 2004/2006. With NICHD support, all NLSY79 children have received a variety of cognitive and socio-emotional assessments biennially since 1986. Linking these child test data with a range of maternal, family and child attributes, behaviors and attitudes from the full NLSY79 life span has permitted researchers across multiple disciplines in the sciences and social sciences to carry out a range of programmatic and policy-relevant research. However, for many researchers, a critical issue concerns subsequent connections between the developmental trajectory in childhood and adolescence and subsequent adult success and well-being. Since 1994, the NICHD has supported collecting educational, employment, health behavioral and attitudinal information from NLSY79 children age 15 and over (young adults). Since 2000, interviews with the oldest young adults (21+) have been funded by a grant from NICHD, enabling an expansion of research using intergenerational data from their mothers when they were teenagers/early adults, plus multiple waves of data from early childhood through the teen years to explore adolescence to early adult transitions. Extending this data collection through 2010 will enable researchers and policy analysts to explore both within- and cross-generational research topics of core interest to the scientific community, focused on adults throughout their twenties. In 2008/2010 the number of young adults ages 21+ will increase, permitting more detailed analyses by gender, socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity, and the sample will become more heterogeneous, increasing the utility of the young adult sample for making broader generalizations. These data are relevant to public health in numerous ways. Data on health have been collected from the mothers of these young adults since 1979 relating to all their pregnancies, body mass and substance use. Health data have been collected from young adults since birth, e.g. detailed post-natal health issues and health care, height and weight, accidents and injuries, the nature of all illnesses, emotional problems, and asthma histories. Young adults answer questions relating to sexual behaviors, pregnancies and live births.