Abstract:

The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), developed jointly by Human Resources Development Canada and Statistics Canada, is a comprehensive survey which follows the development of children in Canada and paints a picture of their lives. The survey monitors children's development and measures the incidence of various factors that influence their development, both positively and negatively.

The second cycle, carried out in 1996 and 1997, interviewed parents of the same children as Cycle 1 and provides unique insights into theevolution of children and their family environments over a two-year period.

The NLSCY will continue to collect information on these same children every two years as they move into youth and adulthood.

This memo is to inform you that the Public Use Microdata Files and related documentation have been updated

(Cycles 1, 2 and 3). The data files have been revised to:

- Represent the 2001 Census population counts (new weights)

- Represent the new MSD scale – recalculation of DMSCS02 and the addition of DMSCdS03 for cycles 2 and 3.

- Correct the math score for cycle 3 (CMACS03)

- Add the age in months (DMMCdQ1B)

Codebooks for cycle 1, 2 and 3 have been revised as well.  Cycle 1 codebook is now separated from the user guide.  Also, the Cycle 3 custody data have been removed.

Survey years available at this site:

Pumf Files

Cycle 1 1994 - 1995
Cycle 2 1996 - 1997
Cycle 3 1998 - 1999

Synthetic Files

Cycle 1 1994 - 1995
Cycle 2 1996 - 1997
Cycle 3 1998 - 1999
Cycle 4 2000 - 2001
Cycle 5 2002 - 2003
Cycle 6 2004 - 2005
Cycle 7 2006 - 2007

See also:

Nesstar