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Title: National Longitudinal
Surveys: NLS
Originator:
Department/Agency Name:
Department Of Labor
Major Organizational
Subdivision: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minor Organizational
Subdivision: Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics
Name of Unit: OERPD
Access Constraints: None. Approved for Public Release
Use Constraints: None
Abstract: The National
Longitudinal Surveys (NLS), sponsored and directed by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, gather detailed information about the
labor market experiences and other aspects of the lives of six groups of men
and women. The surveys include data about a wide range of events such as
schooling and career transitions, marriage and fertility, training investments,
child-care usage, and drug and alcohol use.
Purpose: The depth
and breadth of each survey allow for analysis of an expansive variety of
topics, including the transition from school to work, job mobility, youth
unemployment, educational attainment and the returns to education, welfare
recipiency, the impact of training, and retirement decisions.
Agency Program: 29 U.S.C. 1, 2, 1501, 1752; 13 U.S.C. 182; 22
U.S.C. 3101, 3141 Statutory Requirements Met by the Programs: The Bureau of
Labor Statistics "shall acquire and diffuse among the people of the United
States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general
and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation to
capital" (29 U.S.C. 1). The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall collect, collate,
report and publish full and complete statistics of the volume of and changes in
employment (29 U.S.C. 2).
Local Subject Terms:
- school to work
- job mobility
- youth unemployment
- welfare recipiency
- US Federal GILS
Availability:
Distributor:
Name:
Office of Publications and Special Studies
Organization:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Street
Address: 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Room 2860
City:
Washington
State:
DC
Zip
Code: 20212
Country:
USA
Network
Address: blsdata_staff@bls.gov
Hours
of Service: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET
Telephone:
(202) 691-5200
Fax:
(202) 691-7890
Order Process: website
Linkage:
http://stats.bls.gov
Linkage Type: text/html
Point of Contact:
Name: Office of
Publications and Special Studies
Organization: Bureau of
Labor Statistics
Street
Address: 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Room 2860
City: Washington
State: DC
Zip Code: 20212
Country: USA
Network Address:
blsdata_staff@bls.gov
Hours of Service: 8:30
a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET
Telephone: (202)
691-5200
Fax:
(202) 691-7890
Sources of Data:
Department/Agency Name:
Department Of Labor
Major Organizational
Subdivision: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minor Organizational
Subdivision: Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics
Name of Unit: OERPD
Record Source:
Name: Office of
Publications and Special Studies
Organization: Bureau of
Labor Statistics
Street
Address: 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Room 2860
City: Washington
State: DC
Zip Code: 20212
Country: USA
Network Address:
blsdata_staff@bls.gov
Hours of Service: 8:30
a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET
Telephone: (202)
691-5200
Fax:
(202) 691-7890
Date of Last Modification: 20000911
Control Identifier: DOL-BLS-000168
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