National Education Longitudinal Study, 1988 : Second Follow-Up (1992) / United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 6448.

ICPSR ; 6448

National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS) Series ; 6448

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988.

Educational surveys--United States.

Educational surveys.

Postsecondary education.

Students.

United States.

Students--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Postsecondary education--United States--Longitudinal studies.

Genre:

Longitudinal studies.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection presents second follow-up data for the NATIONAL EDUCATION LONGITUDINAL STUDY, 1988 (ICPSR 9389). The base-year study, which collected information from student surveys and tests and from surveys of parents, school administrators, and teachers, was designed to provide trend data about critical transitions experienced by students as they leave elementary school and progress through high school and postsecondary institutions or the work force. The first follow-up, NATIONAL EDUCATION LONGITUDINAL STUDY, 1988: FIRST FOLLOW-UP (1990) (ICPSR 9859), provided the first opportunity for longitudinal measurement of the 1988 baseline samples. It also provided a point of comparison with high school sophomores from ten years before, as studied in HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND, 1980: A LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES (ICPSR 7896). Further, the study captured the population of early dropouts (those who leave school prior to the end of the tenth grade), while monitoring the transition of the student population into secondary schooling. The second follow-up provides a cumulative measurement of learning in the course of secondary school, and also supplies information that will facilitate investigation of the transition into the labor force and postsecondary education after high school. The 1992 student component collected basic background information about students' school and home environments, participation in classes and extracurricular activities, current jobs, and their goals, aspirations, and opinions about themselves. The student component also gathered data about the family decision-making structure during the critical transition from secondary school to postsecondary education or the work environment. The 1992 school component solicited general descriptive information about the educational setting and environment in wh... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06448

Contents:

Part 1: Student Data (Part 1); Part 2: SAS Data Definition Statements for Student Data (Part 1); Part 3: Student Data (Part 2); Part 4: SAS Data Definition Statements for Student Data (Part 2); Part 5: School Data; Part 6: SAS Data Definition Statements for School Data; Part 7: Dropout Data; Part 8: SAS Data Definition Statements for Dropout Data; Part 9: Teacher Data; Part 10: SAS Data Definition Statements for Teacher Data; Part 11: Parent Data; Part 12: SAS Data Definition Statements for Parent Data

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

Start: 1990; and end: 1992.

OCLC:

61157211

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.