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National Youth Survey US: Wave VI (NYS-1983)

Metadata Updated: July 26, 2023

Youth data for the sixth wave of the National Youth Survey are contained in this collection. This research project, which was designed to gain a better understanding of both conventional and deviant types of behavior by youths, involved collecting information from a representative sample of young people in the United States. The first wave of this survey was conducted in 1976, the second wave in 1977, the third wave in 1978, the fourth wave in 1979, and the fifth wave in 1980. For this wave, youths and young adults were interviewed in early 1984 about events and behavior occurring in calendar year 1983, when they were 17 to 26 years of age. Data are available on the demographic and socioeconomic status of respondents, disruptive events for parents, neighborhood problems, employment, children, aspirations and current successes, normlessness, labeling by parents, perceived disapproval by parents, peers, co-workers, and partner, attitudes toward deviance, exposure to delinquent peers, self-reported delinquency, drug and alcohol use, victimization, pregnancy, depression, use of outpatient services, spouse violence by respondent and partner, and sexual activity.This study has 1 Data Set.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date July 26, 2023

Metadata Source

Harvested from Healthdata.gov

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date July 26, 2023
Publisher Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Maintainer
Identifier https://datafiles.samhsa.gov/study/national-youth-survey-us-wave-vi-nys-1983-nid13589
Data First Published 2016-05-23
Data Last Modified 2023-07-25
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 009:30
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Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/dataset/national-youth-survey-us-wave-vi-nys-1983
Program Code 009:030
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 5a472112d4255fe7b7ce0abc49535f1cc7b78fa6
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