Tracking Gen Y Careers? Labor Wants Your Survey Feedback
Published Date: 2/27/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor wants your thoughts on updating the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, which tracks people born between 1980-1984 as they grow up and build careers. This survey happens every two years, with the next round from September 2025 to June 2026. Your feedback helps keep the survey clear, easy, and cost-effective for everyone involved—so don’t miss the April 28, 2025 deadline to share your ideas!
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Round 22 fielding schedule and cohort
Round 22 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (people born 1980–1984) is scheduled to be conducted from September 2025 to June 2026. If you are part of the NLSY97 sample, you may be contacted during that period to take the interview.
Main interview length — about 71 minutes
The main interview for NLSY97 respondents will last about 71 minutes. You should expect to spend roughly one hour and 11 minutes answering questions about schooling, work, family, and community background.
Validation interviews for a small subset
No more than 2 percent of respondents will be asked to take a brief validation interview a few weeks after the main interview; the validation interview is about 6 minutes. This extra contact is limited to a small share of respondents.
Interviews may be recorded (you can opt out)
BLS plans to record randomly selected segments of interviews for quality control and training. You will be told that your interview may be recorded, and if you object the interviewer will not record and will proceed without recording.
New and reduced questionnaire topics
The round 22 questionnaire will include new questions on platform work, employer-offered accommodations, clarifications about work arrangements, respondents' retirement expectations, and broad measures of disability, while asking fewer questions about coronavirus and health behaviors.
Survey data used for national policy research
Data from the NLSY97 are used to study transitions from schooling to careers and families and contribute to national policy formation in areas such as education, training, work experience, fertility, income, and program participation. About 1,116 scholarly articles have used NLSY97 data to date.
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