OMB approves the Bureau of Labor Statistics Main National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 information collection as outlined in this submitted package with the following conditions: 1) the proposed final push incentive (enhanced) and the web appointment setting incentive for the Main NLSY79 are not approved for use at this time and 2) the Young Adult Survey also proposed in this package is not approved for use at this time. OMB will reconsider approval of these elements of the package after receiving additional information from BLS which should be supplied through a non-substantive change mechanism.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2020
09/30/2020
10/31/2019
12,070
0
12,555
14,349
0
13,964
0
0
0
The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) is a representative national sample of persons who were born in the years 1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in 1979. These respondents were ages 14 to 22 when the first round of interviews began in 1979; they will be ages 53 to 60 when the planned round twenty-eight of interviews is conducted in 2018 and 2019. In addition to the main NLSY79, the biological children of female NLSY79 respondents have been surveyed since 1986. A battery of child cognitive, socio-emotional, and physiological assessments has been administered biennially since 1986 to NLSY79 mothers and their children. Starting in 1994, children who had reached age 15 by December 31 of the survey year (the Young Adults) were interviewed about their work experiences, training, schooling, health, fertility, self-esteem, and other topics. The longitudinal focus of the NLSY79 and associated Child and Young Adult surveys requires information to be collected from the same individuals over many years in order to trace their education, training, work experience, fertility, income, and program participation. One of the goals of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to produce and disseminate timely, accurate, and relevant information about the U.S. labor force. The BLS contributes to this goal by gathering information about the labor force and labor market and disseminating it to policymakers and the public so that participants in those markets can make more informed, and thus more efficient, choices. Research based on the NLSY79 contributes to the formation of national policy in the areas of education, training, employment programs, and school-to-work transitions.
US Code:
29 USC 1&2
Name of Law: BLS Authorizing Statute
The increase is due to due to questionnaire revisions, an increase in the youth interview length, as well as a larger number of older Young Adult respondents and Young Adult respondents with children, who tend to have longer interview times.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form NLS79 R28 YA National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
YA2018 topics by age asked (002).docx
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979