Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive – Data Summary
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Population: Ohio workers
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services
Units of Analysis: Individual workers, Fiscal quarter
Update Frequency: Quarterly
Initial Year: 1995
Limitations/Notes: Excludes out-of-state employment and self-employed/federal employees
Data Dictionary:
Population: Ohio Employers
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services
Units of Analysis: Employers, Fiscal quarter
Update Frequency: Quarterly
Initial Year: 1998
Limitations/Notes: Employer-worker linkage is done at the enterprise level; there is no indicator to match a worker to a particular sub-unit location
Data Dictionary:
Population: Ohio UI Claimants
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services
Units of Analysis: Individual UI participants, Service date
Update Frequency: Quarterly through spring 2020, weekly July 2020+
Initial Year: 2004
Limitations/Notes: Alternative format: weekly RAS/LADT records
Population: Ohio residents who participated in registered apprenticeship programs and/or participants of Ohio-based registered apprenticeship programs
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services
Units of Analysis: Individual apprentices, Sponsors, Service date
Update Frequency: Annually
Initial Year: 1995
Limitations/Notes:
- High incidence of missing IDs; requires non-deterministic matching to other datasets
- Registered apprenticeships only
- The earliest registration year is 1979. Over 90% of registration years are 1995 or later
Population: Ohio WIA participants
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services
Units of Analysis: Individual participants, Service date
Update Frequency: Quarterly
Initial Year: 2006
Limitations/Notes: Replaced by PIRL
Population: Ohio Job Seeker participants
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services
Units of Analysis: Individual participants, Service date
Update Frequency: Quarterly
Initial Year: 2006
Limitations/Notes: Replaced by PIRL
Population: Ohio WIOA employment service participants
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services
Units of Analysis: Individual participants, Service date
Update Frequency: Quarterly
Initial Year: 2016
Limitations/Notes: n/a
Population: Ohio public college students
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Higher Education
Units of Analysis: Individual students, Individual faculty/staff, Courses, Academic term
Update Frequency: Annually
Initial Year: 1999
Limitations/Notes:
- No out-of-state or private colleges
- No ACT/SAT scores
- No socioeconomic indicators
Review the Ohio Department of Higher Education File Documentation.
Population: Ohio Technical Center students
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Higher Education
Units of Analysis: Individual students, Course dates
Update Frequency: Annually
Initial Year: 2002
Limitations/Notes: High incidence (~50%) of missing IDs 2014+
Population: Ohio ABLE/Aspire students
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Higher Education
Units of Analysis: Individual students, Course dates
Update Frequency: Annually
Initial Year: 2002
Limitations/Notes: New vendor in 2022 (format change); LACES replaces ABLELink
Population: Ohio public college students
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Higher Education
Units of Analysis: Individual students, Enrollment dates
Update Frequency: Annually
Initial Year: 2008
Limitations/Notes: n/a
Population: Ohio
Data Provider: Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
Units of Analysis: Individual participants, Service date
Update Frequency: Quarterly
Initial Year: 2011
Limitations/Notes:
- Prior to 2017 the data was reported annually and records included closed cases only. Reporting requirements changed with the introduction of WIOA.
- Updated record layout in 2020
Population: Tenants of OHFA funded housing properties
Data Provider: Ohio Housing Finance Agency
Units of Analysis: Properties, Individual tenants, Annual point in time (12/31)
Update Frequency: Annually
Initial Year: 2015
Limitations/Notes:
- No full IDs; requires non-deterministic matching to other datasets
- Annual census misses short term tenants who are not present in December
Population: Homeowners who receive OHFA-funded down payment and mortgage assistance
Data Provider: Ohio Housing Finance Agency
Units of Analysis: Homeowners
Update Frequency: Annually
Initial Year: 2014
Limitations/Notes: n/a
Population: Ohio K-12 public school students
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Education
Units of Analysis: Individual students, Individual teachers/staff, Courses, School buildings, School districts, ODE Reporting periods
Update Frequency: Annually
Initial Year: 2002
Limitations/Notes:
- Only possible linkage is to NSC
- No course grades
Review the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce EMIS Manual.
Population: Ohio K-12 graduates, beginning with the graduating cohort of FY2009
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Education
Units of Analysis: Individual students, Enrollment beginning date, Graduation date
Update Frequency: Annually
Initial Year: 2009
Limitations/Notes: Prohibited from reporting institution identifiers; only possible linkage is to EMIS
Population: Ohio GED test takers
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Education
Units of Analysis: Individual test takers, Service dates, Test dates
Update Frequency: Quarterly
Initial Year: 2014
Limitations/Notes: Requires non-deterministic matching to other datasets
Population: Ohio HiSET test takers
Data Provider: Ohio Dept. of Education
Units of Analysis: Individual test takers, Test dates
Update Frequency: TBD
Initial Year: 2020
Limitations/Notes: Requires non-deterministic matching to other datasets