TITLE National Longitudinal Study of the W.gh School Class

Over 150 journal articles, papers presented at professional meetings, dissertations, government publications, contract reports, and studies in progress:as of March 1977 on the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) are annotated and indexed by subject, author, and sponsoring agency. Introductory chapters describe the NLS data base--including sample size, content areas of data coverage, the time frame in which variables were measured, and accessibility of the data files; and saMmarize the use of the NLS data, including frequency counts of studies by various categories (i.e. type of report, subject area, sponsoring agendy, etc.) and present suggestions for future research. The NLS focuses on the educational, vocational, and personal-development of high school graduates, and the personal, familial, social, institutional, and cultural factors that contribute to tha