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February 2005

The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: 1979 cohort at 25

Charles R. Pierret

The 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth has been a font of information for researchers of all stripes; the Monthly Labor Review brings together the results of research on topics ranging from employment, to attrition in the survey, to data on education, to the children of survey respondents.

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