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National Youth Survey US: Wave V (NYS-1980)

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Updated Oct 29, 2026

About this dataset

<p>Youth data for the fifth wave of the National Youth Survey<br /> are contained in this collection. The first wave of this survey was<br /> conducted in 1976, the second wave in 1977,<br /> the third wave in 1978, and the fourth wave in 1979. For this wave, youths in the United States were interviewed in<br /> early 1981 about events and behavior occurring in calendar year 1980.<br /> Data are available on the demographic and socioeconomic status of<br /> respondents, disruptive events in the home, neighborhood problems,<br /> youth aspirations and current successes, normlessness, labeling by<br /> parents, friends, and co-workers, perceived disapproval, attitudes<br /> toward deviance, exposure and commitment to delinquent peers, sex<br /> roles, interpersonal violence, attitudes toward sexual violence,<br /> pressure for substance abuse by peers, drug and alcohol use, and<br /> victimization.This study has 1 Data Set.</p>

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