National longitudinal surveys of labor market experience, 1966-1985

The National Longitudinal Surveys provide data designed primarily to analyze sources of variation in labor market behavior and experience. The major topics that are covered in these surveys may be classified under the following headings: (1) labor market experience (including labor force participation, unemployment, job history, and job mobility), (2) socioeconomic and human capital (including education, training, health and physical condition, marital and family characteristics, financial characteristics, military service, job attitudes, retirement plans, and occupational aspirations and expectations), and (3) environmental variables (size of labor force in local area, unemployment rates for local area, and index of demand for female labor and for teen-age male labor). In addition, special topics are covered for particular cohorts or study years.