CHANGE NOTICE #18 - 12/99 (rev.12/00)

New Edition of Wave 1 (1957-1977) WLS Respondent and Sibling data and documentation.

A new edition (DPLS edition 8) of the first wave WLS data has been released.

If you received first wave data before November 17, 1999, please read this notice.


Summary of the Wave 1 - 9/99 (released 11/17/99) update (see below for details):

The EIGHTH edition of the 1957-1977 WLS differs from previous releases in the following ways:



Details of the Wave 1 - 9/99 updates:

1970 codes were updated for the 1975 non-respondents:

Head of household's job in 1957
New Variable Original Archived Variable
INHH57U
OCHH57U
CWHH57U
INMH57U
OCMH57U
OCSH57U2
OCPH57U2
INHH57
OCHH57
CWHH57
INMH57
OCMH57
OCSH57U
OCPH57U


Mother's job in 1957
New Variable Original Archived Variable
INMO57U
OCMO57U
CWMO57U
INMM57U
OCMM57U
OCSM57U2
OCPM57U2
INMO57
OCMO57
CWMO57
INMM57
OCMM57
OCSM57U
OCPM57U


Job graduate eventually wanted to have
New Variable Original Archived Variable
INZU
OCZU
INMZU
OCMZU
OCSZU2
OCPZU2
INZ
OCZ
INMZ
OCMZ
OCSZU
OCPZU


Graduate's first job after completing highest grade of education
New Variable Original Archived Variable
INX1U
OCX1U
CWX1U
INMX1U
OCMX1U
OCSX1U2
OCPX1U2
INX1
OCX1
CWX1
INMX1
OCMX1
OCSX1U
OCPX1U


Graduate's job in 1975
New Variable Original Archived Variable
INXCURU
OCXCURU
CWXCURU
INMXCRU
OCMXCRU
OCSXCRU2
OCPXCRU2
INXCUR
OCXCUR
CWXCUR
INMXCR
OCMXCR
OCSXCRU
OCPXCRU


Minor Updates were made to the following variables:
WRMO57
XSTAT93M
OCMS64
OCMS16
OCSMS6
OCPMS6
OCSP64
OCSP16
OCSSP6
OCPSP6
OCR74
OCMR74
OCS74U
OCP74U
OCR10
OCMR10
XNOCHCM
XLMNOCH
XFMNOCH
XAGRKD1
XDURMRB
XPREMRB
XKDSEX1
XCMKDB1
XKDSEX2
XCMKDB2
XKDSEX3
XCMKDB3
XKDSEX4
XCMKDB4
XKDSEX5
XCMKDB5
XSEXLKD
XCMLKD
XDURK12
XDURK23
XDURK34
XDURK1L
XMALKDS
XFEMKDS