National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 

nlsy-readme.txt contains directions for downloading
data and software from http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/

Downloaded from http://www.nlsinfo.org/ordering/display_db.php3

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NLSY791979-2002Public.zip -- National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1979 - 1979-2002, R12.1
( nlsy79.zip -- National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1979 - 1979-2000, R11.1 -- deprecated )
nlys79  -- what the zip file unzips to.
The main sample of respondents.
( No survey in 1995, 1997, 1999 ).

CHILDYA1979-2002Public.zip -- NLSY79 Child/Young Adult 1986-2002 CD, Release 11.0
( childya_public.zip -- NLSY79 Child/Young Adult 1986-2000 CD, Release 10.0 -- deprecated )
Children of mothers in the main sample

[older version]
nlscya.zip -- NLSY79 Child/Young Adult 1986-2000 CD, Release 9 
nlscya  -- what nlscya.zip unzips to

dbgator.exe -- extraction software for Windows.  Version 1.5.2.16

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http://www.chrr.ohio-state.edu/dbgator/ has dbgator.exe,
the Windows NLS DB Investigator software
Install it on a PC to access the data.  See 
nlsy_readme.txt for instructions on loading a dataset.


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The archive directory contain the 1996 version
of the NLSY CD.  It works on machines with speeds
of less than 200 MHz.  If you are an experienced
user of the old DOS software and would like to
continue using that rather than the current Windows
version, you can use the chrr717.zip file in the 
archive directory to get an updated version of the 
DOS software.  (from ftp.chrr.ohio-state.edu/chrrdba )

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Jean Roth, jroth@nber.org  April 16, 2002