Additional New Immigrant Survey (NIS) Restricted Data Released!
The New Immigrant Survey Round 1 (NIS-2003-1), United States, 2003-2004 [Restricted-Use Version 2] (ICPSR 38063) study has been added to the New Immigrant Survey (NIS) data series. These data contain information pertaining to respondents' immigration records and geographic identifiers including class of admission, visa category, country of birth, country of last residence, and the place and time of interview. The Round 1(Version 2) data are available exclusively within the ICPSR Virtual Data Enclave.
NIS is a nationally representative, multi-cohort, longitudinal study of new legal immigrants to the United States and their children. Based on electronic administrative records compiled for new legal permanent residents between May and November 2003, the geographic sampling took advantage of the natural clustering of immigrants. The baseline survey (ICPSR 38031) was conducted from June 2003 to June 2004. Round 2 (ICPSR 38061) is a follow-up interview, conducted between June 2007 and October 2009. The public versions of the NIS data and additional Round 2 (Version 2) restricted files will be added to the NIS series at a later date.
The NIS series includes variables on health and insurance, migration history, living conditions, transfers, employment history, income and assets, social networks, religion, housing environments, and child assessment tests. The series aims to fills gaps of information on immigration policy and processes while, at the same time, benefiting legal immigrants themselves by identifying and addressing their concerns.
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Nov 15, 2023