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  • The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972

    Metadata Updated: November 10, 2020

    The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) is part of the Secondary Longitudinal Studies (SLS) program; program data is available since 1972 at https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=021. The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72) (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/nls72/index.asp) is a longitudinal survey that follows high school seniors through 5 follow-ups in 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, and 1986. The study was conducted using a national representative sample of 1972 high school seniors. Key statistics produced from the National Longitudinal Study of High School Class of 1972 are student's educational aspirations and attainment, family formation, and occupations.

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    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020
    Data Update Frequency irregular

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    Harvested from Education JSON

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2020
    Publisher National Center for Education Statistics
    Maintainer
    Identifier NCES_1994487REV
    Data First Published 1994-03-18
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 1994-03-18
    Public Access Level restricted public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 018:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://www2.ed.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id 63dbc902-b12c-49da-95db-d759502f663d
    Harvest Source Id 2a5c4dd8-eda9-4f03-abc3-fff8cfb80fc6
    Harvest Source Title Education JSON
    Homepage URL https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/nls72/index.asp
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 018:000
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department of Education > Institute of Education Sciences > National Center for Education Statistics
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 990a32c52047cb2c82398e546a1516ff454ff33b
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial United States
    System of Records https://www2.ed.gov/notices/sorn/18-13-01_060499.pdf
    Temporal 1971/1986

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