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Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1976
As part of the third follow-up to the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, the Third Follow-Up Questionnaire was administered to a sample of the members of the high school class of 1972 who had been surveyed in 1972 and 1974. The questionnaire contains 158 items about education and work experience and is divided into the…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitudes, Educational Experience, Family Characteristics
National Center for Education Statistics (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1976
As part of the third follow-up to the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972, the Third Follow-Up Questionnaire was administered to a sample of the members of the high school class of 1972 who had been surveyed in 1972 and 1974. This file contains the responses to that questionnaire. The questionnaire has 158 items about work…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitudes, Databases, Educational Experience
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Merriam, Sharan B.; Ying, Baiyin – Adult Education Quarterly, 1996
Data from the National Longitudinal Study were used to relate seven life experiences with four developmental outcomes (personal agency, political participation, concern for social inequality, and social action). Each of the life experiences was significantly related to one or more outcomes, supporting the connection of life experience, learning,…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Development, Life Events, Longitudinal Studies
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Purcell, Agnes C.; And Others – 1976
This report provides graphical comparisons among four Army-relevant groups as to thirteen indices of representativeness. The four groups break the 1972 high school seniors down according to whether or not they planned to enter the Army and again according to whether or not they had done so within eighteen months. The thirteen indices extend beyond…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Comparative Analysis, Enlisted Personnel, High School Graduates
Peng, Samuel S.; Jaffe, Jay – National Center for Education Statistics, 1980
The primary purpose of this study is to develop composite variables for several sets of items included in the Second and Third Follow-Up Questionnaires of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). The need for this study is derived from the following considerations: (1) reduction of data dimensions, and (2) provision…
Descriptors: Test Items, Questionnaires, High School Students, Student Characteristics
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1979
The "National Longitudinal Study (NLS) of the High School Class of 1972: Base Year (1972) through Fourth Follow-up (1979)" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is a single merged file of student responses to the original interviews or tests in 1972 and the mail follow-up surveys of 1973, 1974, 1976, and 1979. The 1972 data were gathered by…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Career Planning, Careers, College Attendance