Conditions to Access Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Data:

By registering for access to WLS Public Release data, the User agrees to all of the following:

  • Make no attempts to identify study participants.
  • Not to transfer WLS Public Release data to any third party other than staff or students for whom you are directly responsible.
  • To include the following citation in any research reports, papers, or publications based on Public Release data:
  • Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) [graduates, siblings, and spouses]: 1957-2023 Version 14.03. [machine-readable data file] / Hauser, Robert M., William H. Sewell, and Pamela Herd. [principal investigator(s)]. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin-Madison, WLS. [distributor]; <https://researchers.wls.wisc.edu/documentation/>
  • To inform WLS about any published papers for use in the WLS bibliography and for reporting purposes.
  • Send us your work!


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