Welcome to the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study is part of the Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Over the years, the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study has been supported by several government agencies and by private foundations, as well as by the University of Wisconsin.

Since the early 1990s, the WLS has been supported mainly by the National Institute on Aging, which is part of the National Institutes of Health and also by the Vilas Estate Trust, the National Science Foundation and the Spencer Foundation.

Updated January 09, 2007

Welcome to the website of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, one of the most extensive and successful studies ever conducted in the social sciences. We have finished our most recent round of phone interviews and mail surveys with the graduates of the class of 1957 and we are ready to share those results.

As part of our continuing relationship with Wisconsin’s class of 1957 we are gathering information about upcoming 50th class reunions, and we are searching for some yearbooks from 1956 and 1957.

We are begining to send out printed copies of our results from the 2003-2005 Wisconsin Longitudinal Study surveys. We will soon post an electronic version of our most recent report. In the meantime you can download copies of earlier reports below.

The Class of 1957 at Age 65: A First Look

Wisconsin’s Class of 1957 and their Families in the 1990s

The Class of 1957 - Eighteen Years after High School Graduation

To view these reports you will need to first download a copy of Adobe Reader.

Enjoy the site, and thank you again for your time and participation.

- The staff and researchers at the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.