National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979

The US National Longitudinal Study of Youth is a nationally representative sample of 12,686 young men and women who were aged between 14 and 22 when they were first surveyed in 1979.. They were interviewed annually until 1994 and have since been interviewed once every two years.
Since their first interview, many have made transitions from school to work, and from their parents' homes to being parents and home owners themselv