Youth data for the sixth wave of the National Youth Survey

are contained in this collection. This research project, which was

designed to gain a better understanding of both conventional and

deviant types of behavior by youths, involved collecting information

from a representative sample of young people in the United States. The

first wave of this survey was conducted in 1976, the

second wave in 1977, the third wave in 1978,

the fourth wave in 1979, and the fifth wave in 1980. For this wave, youths and young adults were interviewed in early

1984 about events and behavior occurring in calendar year 1983, when

they were 17 to 26 years of age. Data are available on the demographic

and socioeconomic status of respondents, disruptive events for parents,

neighborhood problems, employment, children, aspirations and current

successes, normlessness, labeling by parents, perceived disapproval by

parents, peers, co-workers, and partner, attitudes toward deviance,

exposure to delinquent peers, self-reported delinquency, drug and

alcohol use, victimization, pregnancy, depression, use of outpatient

services, spouse violence by respondent and partner, and sexual

activity.This study has 1 Data Set.

Youth data for the second wave of the National Youth Survey

are contained in this data collection. The first wave was conducted in

1976. Youths were interviewed in early 1978 about events

and behavior that had occurred in 1977. Data were collected on

demographic and socioeconomic status of respondents, aspirations,

social isolation, normlessness, labeling, attitudes toward deviance,

exposure to delinquent peers, commitment to delinquent peers, sex

roles, interpersonal violence, exposure to substance abuse,

self-reported delinquency, drug and alcohol use, and victimization.This study has 1 Data Set.

Youth data for the fifth wave of the National Youth Survey

are contained in this collection. The first wave of this survey was

conducted in 1976, the second wave in 1977,

the third wave in 1978, and the fourth wave in 1979. For this wave, youths in the United States were interviewed in

early 1981 about events and behavior occurring in calendar year 1980.

Data are available on the demographic and socioeconomic status of

respondents, disruptive events in the home, neighborhood problems,

youth aspirations and current successes, normlessness, labeling by

parents, friends, and co-workers, perceived disapproval, attitudes

toward deviance, exposure and commitment to delinquent peers, sex

roles, interpersonal violence, attitudes toward sexual violence,

pressure for substance abuse by peers, drug and alcohol use, and

victimization.This study has 1 Data Set.

This dataset contains parent and youth data for the National

Youth Survey. Youths and one of their parents or legal guardians were

interviewed in early 1977 about events and behavior occurring during

calendar year 1976. Included is information on the demographics and

socioeconomic status of respondents, disruptive events in the home,

neighborhood problems, parental aspirations for youth, labeling,

integration of family and peer contexts, attitudes toward deviance in

adults and juveniles, parental discipline, community involvement, and

drug use.This study has 1 Data Set.

Youth data for the third wave of the National Youth Survey

are contained in this data collection, which includes data for youth

interviewed in 1979 about events and behavior of the preceding year.

The first wave of this study was conducted in 1976 and the

second wave in 1977. Data were collected on the

demographic and socioeconomic status of respondents, disruptive events

in the home, youth aspirations, expectations for future goals, social

isolation, normlessness, labeling, perceived disapproval, attitudes

toward deviance, exposure and commitment to delinquent peers, sex

roles, attitudes toward sexual assault, interpersonal violence,

pressure for substance abuse by peers, exposure to substance abuse by

parents, self-reported delinquency, and drug and alcohol use.This study has 1 Data Set.

Youth data for the fourth wave of the National Youth Survey

are contained in this data collection. The first wave of this survey

was conducted in 1976, the second wave in 1977, and the third wave in 1978. Data are available in

this wave on the demographic and socioeconomic status of respondents,

disruptive events in the home, youth aspirations and expectations,

social isolation, normlessness, perceived disapproval by parents and

peers, attitudes toward deviance, exposure and commitment to delinquent

peers, sex roles, interpersonal violence, pressure for substance abuse

by peers, self-reported delinquency, drug and alcohol use, and

victimization.This study has 1 Data Set.