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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 24.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Am Acad Pol Soc Sci. 2014 Dec 10;657(1):208–246. doi: 10.1177/0002716214552773

Figure 1. Major U.S. Surveys Useful for Intergenerational Mobility Research: Years of Sample Members' Birth & Years of Initial Interview.

Figure 1

Note: To be included, the survey had to include information about the socioeconomic circumstances of at least two generations observed mid-career. For surveys with no maximum age at first interview, this figure assumes (for the sake of simplicity) a maximum age of 90.

1Children of PSID sample members are here counted as themselves being in the PSID upon their birth or adoption.

2Other NCES panels—e.g., NLS-72—are not included because the panels are inactive and/or respondents are not (yet) observed mid-career

3This assumes that the planned 2014 SIPP panel will include content on parents' and/or children's socioeconomic circumstances