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INCOME AND EARNINGS
NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF YOUTH, 1997
Measure: Income and earnings items from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Round 1 (1997) youth questionnaire and parent questionnaire
Note: This options document describes income and earnings questions asked in both the Round 1 (1997) Youth Questionnaire and Parent Questionnaire. The Youth Questionnaire includes a section that asks the same questions as are asked in the basic monthly survey of the Current Population Survey (CPS). Because the income and earnings questions from the CPS are covered in a separate options document, this options document will describe only the income and earnings questions unique to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 (NLSY97).
Source
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, is the primary sponsor of the NLSY97. Additional funding was received from the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Education, and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to fund portions of the questionnaires. The National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago conducted the survey with assistance from the Center for Human Resource Research at The Ohio State University. The Youth Questionnaire of the NLSY97 includes income and earnings questions taken from the CPS, but these questions will not be described here because they are provided in another options document.
Population Assessed
The NLSY97 baseline cohort completed the Youth Questionnaire; the cohort has been weighted to be a nationally representative sample of youth between the ages of 12 and 16. The NLSY97 baseline cohort consisted of a sample of 8,984 U.S. youth from 6,819 households between the ages of 12 and 16. (Many of the youth thus resided within the same household.) The sample has been re-weighted after each round of data collection to make sure that data from each round are representative of the national population.
Blacks and Hispanics were oversampled for ethnic/racial variation, so the resultant round one cohort was 26.0 percent Black, 21.3 percent Hispanic, 51.9 percent non-Black/non-Hispanic, and 0.9 percent mixed race. The sample was 51.2 percent male and 48.8 percent female.
In round one, information was also obtained from a parent via the Parent Questionnaire. The predetermined priority for the responding parent was that he/she be a biological parent, an adoptive parent, a step-parent, a guardian or relative, a foster parent with whom the youth lived for 2 or more years, another non-relative with whom the youth lived for 2 or more years, a relative mother or father figure, and finally a non-relative mother or father figure. Mothers were always higher in respondent priority than fathers.
Periodicity
The NLSY97 data collection is ongoing and fielded annually. The Youth Questionnaire was first administered in 1997. Five subsequent rounds of this ongoing longitudinal survey have been administered on a yearly basis (i.e., 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002). The Adult Questionnaire was only administered once, in 1997.
Components
In the NLSY97 Round 1 Youth Questionnaire, the majority of income and earnings questions come from one of three sections. (As noted above, a fourth income and earnings section of the Youth Questionnaire, which reproduces the CPS basic monthly survey, will not be discussed here.) Throughout the Youth Questionnaire, not all of these questions were asked of all youths; most income questions, for example, were asked only to independent youth or older youth. The sections are as follows: 1) The Employment section asks question about both regular employment and freelance jobs. The survey asks for information about every regular employment job since the respondent’s 14th birthday. Regular employment questions relate to starting wages and, if the job lasted more than 13 weeks, end (or current) earnings from the job; the respondent could choose the periodicity with which to respond to earnings questions. Questions about the dollar amount of other forms of compensation (e.g., tips, overtime pay, bonuses) are asked individually, and the questionnaire inquires about what benefits the job included and whether the respondent was paid at an hourly rate. For freelance jobs, respondents were asked for the starting and end (or current) weekly earnings. 2) The Program Participation section asks if the respondent or his/her spouse/partner has ever received various forms of public assistance (e.g., unemployment compensation, Aid to Families with Dependent Children [AFDC], emergency assistance) and for what periods of time. For unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation, the survey asks separately for the respondent and his/her spouse/partner about the weekly amount of payment received in each period of receipt. For AFDC, food stamps, WIC, SSI, LIHEAP, general assistance, emergency assistance, Cuban/Haitian or Indian assistance payments, foster children payments, other welfare payments, and rental assistance, the NLSY97 asks for the respondent and his/her spouse/partner combined about the monthly amount of payments received in each period of receipt. In all cases, if the respondent did not know or refused, the interviewer presented the respondent with a range of amounts. The section also inquires about when the respondent lived in public housing. 3) The Income and Assets section inquires about how much the respondent and his/her spouse/partner received in 1996 from a variety of income sources. Yearly totals for total (non-business) earnings and business/professional earnings were asked separately for the respondent and his/her spouse/partner. Yearly totals for the respondent and his/her spouse/partner combined were asked for child support; interest; dividends; rental income; property or money from estates; trusts, annuities, or inheritances; money or gifts from parents (not allowance); all other sources of income; and allowance. The respondent was not given a choice of periodicity for these questions. Questions on the earnings of each parent and the total annual income of other household members (separately) were also asked. In all cases in this section, the respondent was presented with a range of amounts for items in which he/she did not know or refused. In addition, the respondent was asked if he/she claimed an Earned Income Tax Credit, but not the amount of the credit. The Income and Assets section also inquires about housing costs, including (for homeowners) the average monthly cost of utilities and the amount paid in property tax in the prior year and (for renters) the average monthly cost of utilities and the cost of rent (in the periodicity the respondent prefers). Separate questions address the amount (if any) paid to the respondent’s parent(s) for room and board or because of other regular payments in 1996; the respondent could choose the periodicity for response to these questions.
Other sections of the survey ask other questions related to cash and non-cash forms of income. The Schooling section asks about financial aid for school, and the Training section inquires if any government programs or financial aid paid for the training. In the case of financial aid, the survey asks for dollar amounts. The Health section asks what type of health insurance the respondent has.
For a description of which questions were asked to which types of youths (e.g., independent, older), see U.S. Department of Labor, 2002a, pp. 96–140, 214–224.
In the NLSY97 Round 1 Parent Questionnaire, the majority of income and earnings questions come in the Income and Child Income sections. The question types and subjects in the Income section are similar to those asked in the Youth Questionnaire, except that fewer types of income are asked about individually (although questions on welfare were asked). Questions on yearly non-business earnings and business/professional earnings are asked separately for the respondent and his/her spouse/partner. For interest and dividends, AFDC, food stamps, SSI, child support, and all other sources of income, the survey inquires individually about whether the respondent and/or his/her spouse/partner received that type of income, but yearly dollar amounts are collected for both people together. The survey also inquires about both the earnings and the other income of other household members over age 14 separately. The Child Income section is less comprehensive and asks about only the amount of financial support given to each child, the amount of rent and other regular payments (recorded separately) received from each child, and the amount of earnings of each child. Like the Income section of the Parent Questionnaire and the Income and Assets section of the Youth Questionnaire, dollar amount are asked for all of 1996, and the respondent was typically provided with a range of values if he/she did not know or refused.
A couple other sections of the Parent Questionnaire ask about other forms of cash and non-cash income. The Parent Calendar section asks a few questions on the types of government aid the parent has received in the past. The Child Health section inquires about the types of health insurance coverage each child has.
Procedures for Administration
The income and earnings items in the Youth Questionnaire and Parent Questionnaire for Round 1 are administered to a sampled youth and to one of that youth’s parents respectively. (See the Population Assessed section for a description of how the interviewed parent was selected.) The mode of administration for these items in both surveys is typically computer-assisted personal interview. In the youth questionnaire, the interviewer is asked whether anyone listened in on or took part in any portion of the youth interview and whom that person or people were. Both the youth and parent interviews take 1 hour.
Psychometrics/Data Quality
Like most surveys, the NLSY97 has a large amount of missing data for income questions. “Nearly 22 percent of total income data for the families of NLSY97 youths are missing or zero.” A zero value was treated as missing in analyses; such a value made up 56 percent of missing cases. Unlike the CPS, the NLSY97 does not impute missing data (Moore et al., 2000, p. 143).
As a measure of validity of the income variables, NLSY97 compared their family income results from equivalent data calculated for youth ages 12 to 16 from the March 1997 CPS. “In comparing these distributions, there are small but significant differences between the two groups. For total income (tables G-4 and G-12), both NLSY97 and CPS families tend to be concentrated near the center of the income distribution, the majority falling into the $25,001 to $50,000 and $50,001 to $100,000 ranges. However, NLSY97 has more families than CPS in the lowest income categories, slightly more than CPS in the middle ranges, and fewer than CPS at the higher income levels” (Moore et al., 2000, p. 145). “The results of [a t-test] show NLSY97 with a significantly lower mean total income than the CPS. The families of NLSY97 youths have a mean total income of $47,199, while families of CPS youths have a mean total income of $53,967” (Moore et al., 2000, p. 146). Although this test does provide evidence the distributions are not equal, NLSY97 cautions that the large sample size could make this test misleading. Overall, “the results of these comparisons indicate that while there are some differences in family income between NLSY97 and CPS youths, the differences are fairly small and are most obvious in the race/ethnicity (particularly Hispanic) breakouts” (Moore et al., 2000, p. 65). For more detail on the methodology and findings of this comparison of family income between the NLSY97 and the CPS, see Appendix G: Comparison of the NLSY97 Family Income Distribution to the CPS Family Income Distribution (pp. 141–155) of Moore et al., 2000.
Languages Available
The Youth Questionnaire and Parent Questionnaire can be administered in both English and Spanish.
Items Included
The NLSY97 Round 1 Youth Questionnaire is available at http://www.bls.gov/nls/quex/r1/y97rd1yquex.htm. The NLSY97 Round 1 Parent Questionnaire can be found at http://www.bls.gov/nls/quex/r1/y97rd1pquex.htm. Example items from each questionnaire follow. When a question asks the respondent to select a monetary range from a card, the respondent had not known or refused to answer the prior question asking the respondent to state the specific amount.
EXAMPLE ITEMS FROM THE YOUTH QUESTIONNAIRE
From Employment Section
We would like to talk to you about any work you have done in the time since your 14th birthday, that is since [youth’s 14th birthday]. In answering these questions, please tell us about any paid employment you had or any work you did for a family business (whether or not you were paid). While we discuss these jobs, I will be marking them on this calendar. Later I will give you this calendar to help you remember important dates over the last few years.
We are going to discuss two sorts of jobs with you. We’ll call one type working as a freelancer or being self-employed, that is, doing one or a few tasks for several people and not having a “boss” (for example, babysitting or mowing lawns) or working for yourself (for example, running a business).
We’ll refer to the second type as working as an employee, that is, you had an ongoing relationship with a particular employer (for example, working in a supermarket or restaurant or being in the military). FIRST we will be asking ONLY about jobs on which you were working as an employee. Later we will ask about jobs on which you were working as a freelancer.
YEMP-600
Since your 14th birthday, that is since [youth’s 14th birthday] have you done ANY (OTHER) WORK AT ALL AS AN EMPLOYEE for which you were paid or in a family business whether or not you were paid?
YEMP-900
What is the name of the [first/next] employer you’ve had since [youth’s 14th birthday]?
YEMP-19100
Now, we would like to ask you a few questions concerning your earnings when you first started working for [employer’s name].
YEMP-19200
For your job with [employer’s name], what is the easiest way for you to report your total earnings BEFORE taxes or other deductions: hourly, weekly, annually, or on some other basis? (READ IF NECESSARY:) We use this information to compare the amount that people earn in different types of jobs.
Per hour
Per day
Per week
Bi-weekly (every 2 weeks)
Semi-monthly (twice a month)
Per month
Per year
Other (specify)
YEMP-21200
Which of the forms of compensation on this list did you receive? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)
Overtime pay
Tips
Commissions
Bonuses
Incentive pay
Other (specify)
YEMP-21600
About how much income did you usually receive from [compensation: overtime, tips,
commissions, bonuses, incentives] (around the time you started with [employer’s name])?
Per hour
Per day
Per week
Bi-weekly (every 2 weeks)
Semi-monthly (twice a month)
Per month
Per year
Other (specify)
YEMP-22500
(About how much income did you usually receive from [compensation: overtime, tips,
commissions, bonuses, incentives] (around the time you started with this employer)?)
YEMP-22900
EXCLUDING overtime pay, tips and commissions, what was your hourly rate of pay when you
first started this job?
YEMP-24600
When you started with [employer’s name], how much did you usually receive JUST in overtime
pay, tips, commissions or bonuses before taxes or other deductions?
[INTERVIEWER: ENTER TIME UNIT FOR OVERTIME PAY FIRST. PRESS <ENTER> TO
ENTER AMOUNT.]
Hourly
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Annual
Other (specify)
YEMP-30400
Then, (including overtime pay, tips and commissions), what were your usual WEEKLY earnings on this job, before taxes or other deductions? (INTERVIEWER: IF MORE THAN $1500.00 OR LESS THAN $1.00, PLEASE VERIFY.)
YEMP-35900
Even though you told me it is easier to report your earnings [time unit for rate of pay], were you PAID AT AN HOURLY RATE when you started your job with [employer’s name]?
YEMP-38100
Now, we would like to ask you a few questions concerning your [current/most recent] earnings for [employer’s name].
YEMP-48300
I have estimated your usual [current/most recent] WEEKLY earnings for your job with [employer’s name] as $[calculated weekly earnings including overtime] before taxes or other deductions. Does that sound correct?
YEMP-100300
(HAND CARD O) Please look at the following list of benefits which employers sometimes make available to their employees. [at this time/at the time R left], which of the benefits on this list would it [be/have been] possible for you to receive as part of your job with [employer’s name]? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)
Medical, surgical or hospitalization insurance which covers injuries or major illnesses off the job
Life insurance that would cover your death for reasons not connected with your job
Dental benefits
Paid maternity or paternity leave
Unpaid maternity or paternity leave which would allow you to return to the same job, or one similar to it
A retirement plan other than Social Security
A flexible work schedule
Tuition reimbursement for certain types of schooling
Company provided or subsidized childcare
Employee Stock Ownership Plan(s)
None
YEMP-100400
How many paid vacation days [are/were] you entitled to per year?
YEMP-106200
Between [reference date] and [employment stop date], were there any periods of a full week or more during which you took any PAID leave from work with this employer because of a pregnancy or the birth of a child?
YEMP-108400
Please tell me the kinds of [freelance or self-employed] jobs you have had [freelance reference
date]?
YEMP-109600
When you started, how much did you earn per week doing this kind of work?
YEMP-111700
How much [do/did] you usually earn per week doing this kind of work [now/at the time]?
From Training Section
YTRN-3700
[Are/Were] any of the costs of this school or training program paid for or provided directly by a
government program?
YTRN-3800
Which government program, or programs, [is/was] it? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)
JTPA adult programs (Title IIa)
JTPA summer youth programs (Title IIb)
JTPA year-round youth programs (Title IIc)
Job Corps
JOBS
Youth Build
Even Start
Upward Bound
Talent Search
Veterans Administration
Vocational rehabilitation
Other, please (SPECIFY)
YTRN-4600
Did you receive any student financial aid or did you take out a student loan to help pay for this
training?
From Health Section
YHEA-1900
Are you covered by health insurance that includes physician or hospital care through any of the
following?
Your or someone else’s job, union or business?
A direct purchase from an insurance company or through a professional association or retirement association?
MediCAID (OR STATE NAME FOR MEDICAID), the state-sponsored program to provide health care to low income people?
MediCare, the plan for people 65 or older and some younger disabled people that is sponsored by the federal government?
A military-related health plan such as CHAMPUS (which covers both active duty retired military personnel, their dependents and survivors), CHAMPVA (which covers disabled veterans, their dependents and survivors), or are you eligible for VA hospital care?
Anything else or are you not covered?
From Program Participation Section
YPRG-1800
For these next questions we are interested in different kinds of payments that might have been made directly to [you /you or your (spouse/partner)]. For these questions, please do not include any payments that were made to your parents or to other members of your family or household, even if the payments were used to help pay for your support.
YPRG-2500
Have [you /you or your (spouse/partner)] ever received any Food Stamp benefits?
YPRG-5900
Thinking about the unemployment benefits you received [between unemployment start or stop date / during this time], on average, how much did you receive per WEEK during this period?
Refusal(-1) (Go To YPRG-6000) Don’t Know(-2) (Go To YPRG-6000)
YPRG-6000
(HAND CARD BB) Please look at this card. Can you tell me the letter of the category that corresponds to the range that includes the amount you received per week in unemployment compensation?
$1 - $100
$101 - $150
$151 - $200
$201 - $250
$251 - $350
More than $350
From Income and Assets Section
YINC-500
We now have some questions about your household’s income during the last calendar year, that is 1996. We appreciate that our questions are difficult to answer and sometimes seem intrusive. As with other questions in this survey, we want to reassure you that the information you provide to us is kept confidential.
YINC-1300
Now I would like to ask you some questions about the earnings and income [you/you and your partner/you and your spouse] received last year, that is during 1996. I’ll ask you first about your earnings and business income and then the earnings and business income of your [spouse/partner].
YINC-1400
During 1996, did you receive any income from a job such as wages, salary, commissions, or tips? Please include any income you received from doing odd jobs, temporary or seasonal work and service in the military, the military reserves or the National Guard.
YINC-1700
During 1996, how much income did you receive from wages, salary, commissions, or tips from all jobs, before deductions for taxes or anything else?
YINC-1800
(HAND CARD EE) Please look at this card. Can you tell me the letter of the category that is your best estimate of the amount you received last year in wages, salary, commissions and tips?
$1 - $5,000
$5,001 - $10,000
$10,001 - $25,000
$25,001 - $50,000
$50,001 - $100,000
$100,001 - $250,000
More than $250,000
YINC-4300
During 1996 did [you/you or your spouse/partner] receive any interest payments from interest-earning-checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, bonds, treasury notes, IRA accounts, or certificates of deposit?
YINC-4400
What was the total amount of interest payments [you/you and your partner/you and your spouse] received during 1996, including even small amounts and amounts reinvested or credited to the account?
YINC-7600
During 1996 did [you/you or your spouse/partner] receive income from any other sources, such as Social Security payments, pension or retirement income including survivor’s benefits, alimony, veterans or GI benefits, payments from life insurance policies or any other regular or periodic source of income?
YINC-8000
Did [you/you or your spouse/partner] claim, or are [you/you or your spouse/partner] planning to claim, an Earned Income Tax Credit on your [or your spouse/or your partner] 1996 FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN?
Yes, did claim an EITC
Yes, planning to claim an EITC
No, not eligible for an EITC
No, not aware of the EITC
No, other reasons
YINC-8100
Did you receive an allowance from your family at any time during 1996?
YINC-8700
During 1996, did your biological father have any earnings or income from a job, farm, business or professional partnership? Please include any full or part time jobs, temporary or seasonal work and service in the military, the military reserves or the National Guard.
YINC-8800
During 1996, how much income did your father have from jobs, a farm, a business or professional partnership?
YINC-8900
(HAND CARD FF) Please look at this card. Can you tell me the letter of the category that is your best estimate of the amount your father received from a job, farm, business or professional partnership?
$1 - $5,000
$5,001 - $10,000
$10,001 - $25,000
$25,001 - $50,000
$50,001 - $100,000
$100,001 - $250,000
More than $250,000
YINC-11300
The next few questions are about the earnings in 1996 of other persons over the age of 14 who live in your household excluding the people whose earnings we have already asked you about.
YINC-11600
During 1996, how much income did [name of person on roster] have from all sources? Please include income from any full or part time jobs, temporary or seasonal work and service in the military, the military reserves or the National Guard, a farm, a business or professional partnership, Social Security, pensions, welfare, interest, gifts or anything else?
YINC-16000
How much rent do you pay for this [INTERVIEWER: READ THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY] (house/apartment/condo/co-op/town house/farm/ranch/mobile home and site)?
YINC-16100
(HAND CARD GG) Please look at this card. Can you tell me the letter of the category that is your best estimate of that amount?
$1 - $1,000
$1,001 - $2,500
$2,501 - $5,000
$5,001 - $10,000
$10,001 - $25,000
$25,001 - $50,000
More than $50,000
YINC-16200
Is this per week, every two weeks, per month, every six month, per year or some other period?
YINC-16300
During an average month, about how much do you pay for utilities, such as heat, electricity, and water?
YINC-17500
Did [you/you or your spouse/partner] pay, or will [you/you or your spouse/partner] pay, any property taxes on this residence or other property [you/you or your spouse/partner] owned in 1996?
YINC-17600
How much did, or will, [you/you and your partner/you and your spouse] pay in property taxes in 1996?
EXAMPLE ITEMS FROM THE PARENT QUESTIONNAIRE
From Parent Calendar Section
P3-137
(HAND CARD C) Next, I’m going to show you a card with different types of government aid. From [date R turned 18/dob oldest child (whichever first)] through the present, have YOU ever received any of these kinds of aid?
P3-138]
Which types of aid did you receive? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
Medicaid Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Food aid (for example, food stamps or WIC)
P3-142
During how many years of the past five years have you received [type of government aid]?
From Income Section
P5-002
We now have some questions about your household’s income during the last calendar year, that is 1996. We appreciate that our questions are difficult to answer and sometimes seem intrusive. As with other questions in this survey, we want to reassure you that the information you provide to us is kept confidential.
P5-009
Now I would like to ask you some questions about the earnings and income you and your [spouse/partner] received last year, that is during 1996. I’ll ask you first about your earnings and business income and then the earnings and business income of your [spouse/partner].
P5-010
During 1996, did you receive any income from a job such as wages, salary, commissions, or tips? Please include any income you receive from service in the military, the military reserves or the National Guard.
P5-016
During 1996, how much income did you receive from wages, salary, commissions, or tips from all jobs, before deductions for taxes or anything else?
P5-017]
(HAND CARD D) Please look at this card. Can you tell me the letter of the category that corresponds to the range that includes the amount you received last year in wages, salary, commissions and tips?
$1 - $5,000
$5,001 - $10,000
$10,001 - $25,000
$25,001 - $50,000
$50,001 - $100,000
$100,001 $250,000
More than $250,000
P5-032
During 1996, how much did your [spouse/partner] receive from [his/her] own farm, business. partnership or professional practice AFTER EXPENSES? (IF [spouse/partner] LOST MONEY ON OWN FARM, BUSINESS, PARTNERSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AFTER EXPENSES ENTER NEGATIVE VALUE.)
P5-048
During 1996, did [you/ your spouse/partner] receive any income from Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) or Aid to Dependent Children (ADC)?
P5-049
What was the total amount of income [you and your spouse/partner] received from AFDC or ADC last year?
[P5-050]
(HAND CARD G) Please look at this card. Can you tell me the letter of the category that corresponds to the range that includes the amount of income [you and your spouse/partner] received last year in AFDC or ADC payments?
$1 - $500
$501 - $1,000
$1,001 - $2,500
$2,501 - $5,000
$5,001 - $7,500
$7,501 - $10,000
More than $10,000
P5-067
During 1996, did [you/ your spouse/partner] receive income from any other sources, such as unemployment or workers’ compensation benefits, rental income, other welfare benefits, Social Security payments, pension or retirement income, alimony, veterans or GI benefits, inheritances, payments from life insurance policies or any other regular periodic source of income?
P5-068
What was the total amount [you and your spouse/partner] received from all other sources (e.g., friends, relatives, royalties or any other regular or periodic source of income) during 1996?
P5-076
The next few questions are about the income received during 1996 by the other persons over the age of 14 who live in your household.
P5-077
During 1996, how much money did [name] earn working for someone else or from being self-employed?
P5-078
About how much in total did [name] receive in 1996 from any other sources such as Social Security, pensions, welfare, interest, gifts, or anything else?
From Child Health Section
PC9-050
(HAND CARD L) Is [name of youth] covered by health insurance that includes physician or hospital care through any of the following?
Your or someone else’s job, union or business?
A direct purchase from an insurance company or through a professional association or retirement association?
MediCAID (OR STATE NAME FOR MEDICAID), the state-sponsored program to provide health care to low income people?
MediCare, the plan for people 65 or older and some younger disabled people that is sponsored by the federal government?
A military-related health plan such as CHAMPUS (which covers both active duty retired military personnel, their dependents and survivors), CHAMPVA (which covers disabled veterans, their dependents and survivors), or are you eligible for VA hospital care?
Anything else or are you not covered?
From Child Income Section
PC10-005
Now I’d like to ask you about the financial support of [name of youth]. How much money did you
give [name of youth] during 1996?
PC10-006
(HAND CARD M) Please look at this card. Which of these categories best describes the amount
you gave to [name of youth]? Please just tell me the letter.
$1 - $500
$501 - $1,000
$5,001 - $7,500
$7,501 - $10,000
$1,001 - $2,500
$2,501 - $5,000
More than $10,000
PC10-016
During the time that [name of youth] lived with you in 1996, did [he/she] pay you any money in
exchange for room and board?
PC10-017
How much did [name of youth] pay you in exchange for room and board?
PC10-026
Now I would like to ask you a few questions about the income of [name of youth]. During 1996,
did [name of youth] have any earnings or income from a job, farm, or business or professional
partnership? Please include any full time or part time jobs, temporary or seasonal work, such as
mowing lawns or babysitting, even for a few days.
PC10-027
During 1996, how much income did [name of youth] have? Please include any full or part time
jobs, temporary or seasonal work.
References and Source Documents
Moore, W., Pedlow, S., Krishnamurty, P., & Wolter, K. (2000). National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) Technical Sampling Report. Prepared for the Department of Labor by the Center for Human Resource Research The Ohio State University. Retrieved June 9, 2003, from http://www.nlsinfo.org/ordering/display_db.php3
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Statistics, & National Longitudinal Survey Program. (2002a). A Guide to the Rounds 1-4 Data: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Retrieved June 9, 2003, from http://www.bls.gov/nls/97guide/nls97usg.htm
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