Information on Individual SESTAT Elements
SESTAT Data Element: U_DEM_BIRTH_DATE_MO
SAS Variable Name: BIRMN
Description:
Question:
In what month and year were you born? (Month portion of response)
Domain:
Categorical Values:
- To view the table of 1993 Item tallies, click here.
- To view the table of 1995 item tallies, click here.
- To view the table of 1997 item tallies, click here.
- To view the table of 1999 item tallies, click here.
- To view the table of 2001 NSRCG item tallies, click here.
- To view the table of 2001 SDR item tallies, click here.
Data Element Availability:
Survey Component Availability
SESTAT |
NSRCG |
NSCG |
SDR |
1993 |
x |
|
x |
|
|
|
x |
|
1995 |
x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
1997 |
x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
1999 |
x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
2001 |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
x |
|
Note: an "X" in a cell indicates that the data
element is available for the designated survey component.
A blank cell indicates the data element is not available for that survey
component. For data elements that are only available for private use,
contact NSF about obtaining access to these restricted data.
Note that data from the 1993 National Survey of College Graduates is also
available on a separate CD-ROM. All the available data from this CD is included
in the on-line SESTAT 1993 NSCG public-use data file, but the CD does not follow
SESTAT variable naming conventions and does not include the detailed documentation
available for the on-line data.
Source (Survey question number):
1993
NSCG: Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG: D01.MM
SDR: E01.MM
1995
NSCG: D20.MM
NSRCG: D01.MM
SDR: D18.MM
1997
NSCG:
Regular NSCG: D19.MM
NSRCG Follow-Up Panel (Form A): .
NSRCG Follow-Up Panel (Form B): .
NSRCG: D01.MM
SDR: F09.MM
1999
NSCG:
Regular NSCG: D19.MM
NSRCG Follow-Up Panel (Form A): D19.MM
NSRCG Follow-Up Panel (Form B): D19.MM
NSRCG: D01.MM
SDR: F09.MM
2001
NSCG: Survey not conducted
NSRCG: D01.MM
SDR: F12.MM
Quality and other technical information related to this item:
1993
This item was very reliable, with a low nonresponse rate (for "month", less than 1.0 percent
for the NSCG and 1.7 percent for the SDR; for "year", less than 1.0 for the NSRCG and 1.6
percent for the SDR.)
Topic Areas associated with this data element:
U- Age, Birth, Gender, Race/Ethnicity
Keywords associated with this data element:
Updated: April 22, 2004