National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, 1998-1999 [Canada]: Cycle 3, Primary File

<p>The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) is a long-term study conducted in partnership by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)and Statistics Canada. The primary objective of the NLSCY is to monitor the development and well being of Canada's children as they grow from infancy to adulthood. The NLSCY is designed to follow a representative sample of Canadian children, aged newborn to 11 years, into adulthood, with data collection occurring at two-year intervals.</p> <p>The objectives of the NLSCY are:</p> <ol> <li>To determine the prevalence of various risk and protective factors for children and youth</li> <li>To understand how these factors, as well as life events, influence childrens development.</li> <li>To make this information available for developing policies and programs that will help children and youth.</li> <li>Collect information on a wide variety of topics biological, social, economic.</li> <li>Collect information about the environment in which the child is growing up family, peers, school, community</li> <li>Information comes from different sources (parent, child, teacher) and from direct measures (PPVT, math/reading tests, etc.)</li> </ol> <p>The NLSCY survey population consists of two sample groups.</p> <p>They are the:<br /> <ol=type"a"> <li> longitudinal sample,</li> <li>cross-sectional sample.</li> </ol> </p>