Each RYDS interview covers a wide range of concept areas. See RYDS - Interview Concept Areas for a summary of the concepts covered in each interview.
The RYDS interview files are all in wide format with one record per respondent and variable name prefixes that indicate the data collection wave.
| Wave | Year | G2 # |
Mean G2 Age |
Interview |
Special Interviews |
Data File | Var Prefix | NACJD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spring 1988 | 956 | 14.0 | --- | /data/p123/g2p1 | S1 | Yes | ||
| 2 | Fall 1988 | 947 | 14.5 |
G2 Wave 2 1st Time Resp G2 Wave 2 Institutional |
/data/p123/g2p1 | S2 | Yes | ||
| 3 | Spring 1989 | 931 | 14.9 |
G2 Wave 3 Institutional |
/data/p123/g2p1 | S3 | Yes | ||
| 4 | Fall 1989 | 928 | 15.4 | G2 Wave 4 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p1 | S4 | Yes | ||
| 5 | Spring 1990 | 920 | 15.9 | G2 Wave 5 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p1 | S5 | Yes | ||
| 6 | Fall 1990 | 907 | 16.5 | G2 Wave 6 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p1 | S6 | Yes | ||
| 7 | Spring 1991 | 898 | 17.0 | G2 Wave 7 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p1 | S7 | Yes | ||
| 8 | Fall 1991 | 877 | 17.5 | G2 Wave 8 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p1 | S8 | Yes | ||
| 9 | Spring 1992 | 881 | 17.9 | G2 Wave 9 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p1 | S9 | Yes | ||
| 10 | 1994-1995 | 855 | 20.7 | G2 Wave 10 | G2 Wave 10 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p2 | A0 | No | |
| 11 | 1995-1996 | 857 | 21.6 | G2 Wave 11 | G2 Wave 11 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p2 | A1 | No | |
| 12 | 1996-1997 | 846 | 22.7 | G2 Wave 12 | G2 Wave 12 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p2 | A2 | No | |
| 13 | 2003-2004 | 785 | 29.1 | G2 Wave 13 | G2 Wave 13 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p3 | A3 | No | |
| 14 | 2005-2006 | 759 | 31.2 | G2 Wave 14 | G2 Wave 14 Institutional | /data/p123/g2p3 | A4 | No |
Phase 3 Life History Calendar
- Administered as part of the Phase 3, Wave 13 & 14 interviews to collect data on the time period between the Wave 12 interview and Phase 3
- Please contact Data Manager, Megan Augustyn (maugustyn@fsu.edu) if interested in these data.