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
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
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

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

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