Commemorating the 50th anniversary of
the National Longitudinal Surveys
NLS user since 1996
Much of the course of adult life is determined during the critical period of late adolescence and early adulthood. The NLSY allowed me to better understand how these experiences affect health and career choices.
Very simple --- the NLSY was the only dataset that had information about determinants of key early life choices, like smoking behavior, grades, and AFQT scores.