Data Collection for Older NLSY Children

我们的主要目标是扩大NLSY79针对21岁及以上青年的数据收集范围，通过 2008年和2010年的数据收集回合。这些年轻人代表着NLSY79女性所生的最年长的孩子 受访者。这笔正在进行的赠款为2004/2006年采访21岁及以上青年提供了资金。 在NICHD的支持下，所有NLSY79儿童都接受了各种认知和社会情感 自1986年以来每两年进行一次评估。将这些儿童测试数据与一系列母亲、家庭和儿童联系起来 NLSY79的全部生命周期中的属性、行为和态度允许研究人员跨越多个 在科学和社会科学领域开展一系列与方案和政策相关的 研究。然而，对于许多研究人员来说，一个关键的问题涉及到 儿童和青春期的发展轨迹以及随后成人的成功和幸福。 自1994年以来，NICHD一直支持收集教育、就业、健康行为和 来自NLSY79名15岁及以上儿童(年轻人)的态度信息。自2000年以来，采访了 年龄最大的年轻人(21岁)得到了NICHD的资助，使研究得以扩大 使用他们十几岁/成年早期母亲的代际数据，加上多次波 从儿童早期到青少年时期的数据，以探索青春期到成年早期的转变。 将这一数据收集延长至2010年将使研究人员和政策分析师能够探索 科学界最感兴趣的代内和跨代研究主题，重点是成年人 在他们二十多岁的时候。在2008/2010年，21岁的年轻人的数量将增加，允许更多 按性别、社会经济地位和种族/民族进行的详细分析，样本将变得更多 异质性，增加了年轻人样本的效用，以进行更广泛的概括。 这些数据在许多方面都与公共卫生有关。有关健康的数据已从 自1979年以来，这些年轻人的母亲提供了关于她们所有怀孕、体重和药物使用情况的资料。 从出生起就从年轻人那里收集健康数据，例如详细的产后健康问题和 医疗保健，身高和体重，事故和伤害，所有疾病的性质，情感问题，以及 哮喘病史。年轻人回答与性行为、怀孕和活产有关的问题。

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.