Information on Individual SESTAT Elements

SAS Variable Name: EDDAD

Description:

Fathers Education Level

Question:

What is the HIGHEST level of education COMPLETED by your parents? (Response for "Father (Stepfather or male guardian)")

Domain:

1993

All respondents

1995

Respondents to NSRCG only

1997

Respondents to NSRCG and SDR

1999

Respondents to NSRCG and SDR

2001

Respondents to NSRCG and SDR

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.

Survey Component Availability



Year	SESTAT		NSRCG		NSCG		SDR
	Private	Public	Private	Public	Private	Public	Private	Public
1993	x		x			x	x
1995	x		x				x
1997	x		x				x
1999	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.

1993

NSCG: D23DAD
NSRCG: D04.DAD
SDR: E04.DAD


1995


NSCG: Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG: D04DAD
SDR: Not applicable, question not asked


1997


NSCG:

Regular NSCG: SYSTEM
NSRCG Follow-Up Panel (Form A): .
NSRCG Follow-Up Panel (Form B): .

NSRCG: D04DAD
SDR: SYSTEM


1999


NSCG:

Regular NSCG: Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form A): Not applicable, question not asked
NSRCG Follow-up Panel (Form B): Not applicable, question not asked

NSRCG: D04DAD
SDR: SYSTEM


2001


NSCG: Survey not conducted
NSRCG: D03
SDR: SYSTEM

Quality and other technical information related to this item:

1993
This item had low nonresponse but moderate interviewer effects. Item nonresponse for "father's level of education" was less than one percent for the NSCG, 1.4 percent for the SDR, and 1.0 percent for the NSRCG. Item nonresponse for "mother's education level" was less than 1.0 percent for the NSCG and NSRCG and 1.6 percent for the SDR. Moderate mode effects were evident. In the mail version, "father's education" had a higher frequency of "some college" and a lower frequency of "high school" than in CATI. For "mother's education", the mail version had a greater frequency of "less than high school" and a lower frequency of "some college" than in CATI. For SDR respondents, data is obtained from the SDR questionnaire.

General
Parent’s education information is obtained from various sources, depending on the survey year and the year in which the respondent entered the SESTAT system, as described below:

SDR respondents:


For 1993 respondents, information on parent’s education was obtained from the 1993 SDR. survey instrument.


For 1995 or 1997 SDR respondents, parent’s education was derived from two sources. For those respondents who had also responded in 1993, the reported 1993 value was carried over to 1995 and 1997. For respondents who appeared in the SDR for the first time in either 1995 or 1997, parent’s education was derived from the Doctorate Records File (DRF) submitted by NORC.

NSCG or NSRCG respondents:


Parent’s education data was based on values reported when they first entered the SESTAT system.

Topic Areas associated with this data element:

W- Family Data


Keywords associated with this data element:
PARENT'S EDUCATION


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Updated: April 22, 2004