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  • National Longitudinal Study of Youth

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    NLSY
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    The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys designed to gather information at multiple points in time on the labor market activities and other significant life events of several groups of men and women. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NSLY) consists of the NLSY79 (nationally representative sample of 12,686 14-22 year olds) and NLSY97 (nationally representative sample of...

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  • National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

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    Add Health
    Authors
    Kathleen Harris
    J. Richard Udry
    Peter S. Bearman
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    The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of adolescents in grades 7-12 in the United States during the 1994-1995 school year. Add Health combines longitudinal survey data on respondents' social, economic, psychological and physical well-being with contextual data on the family, neighborhood, community, school, friendships,...

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  • Boston Youth Survey

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    The Boston Youth Survey was conducted in 2004, 2006, and 2008. The 2004 survey was based on a representative sample of 1079 9th - 12th graders from Boston Public Schools. The 2004 Boston Youth Survey includes the PDF of report highlights, the full report, and fact sheets of school safety and violence, findings about girls, and gun carrying. The 2006 survey was conducted with 1233 high school students....

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  • Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

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    YRBSS
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    The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) collects information about six types of health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including: (1) Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence; (2) Sexual behaviors related to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitting diseases, including HIV infection; (3) Tobacco...

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  • Fitnessgram Data from the New York City Department of Education

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    This dataset is student-level administrative data. It is compiled by the New York City Department of Education (DOE) as part of their Fitnessgram program. Fitnessgram is a fitness assessment for students K - 12 in the New York City public schools. As a part of this program, data is collected about student height, weight, fitness level, strength, endurance, and flexibility. Data collection began in...

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