Information on Individual SESTAT Elements
SESTAT Data Element: B_JOB_OUTSIDE_FLD_REASON_PRIMRY
SAS Variable Name: NRREA
Description:
Most Important Reasons for Work Outside of Field
Question:
Which factor ...represents your MOST important reason for working in an area outside of your HIGHEST degree field?
Domain:
1993
Work and education not related in principal job
1995
Work and education not related in principal job
1997
Work and education not related in principal job
1999
Work and education not related in principal job
2001
Work and education not related in principal job
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 |
|
|
x |
x |
|
1995 |
x |
x |
x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
1997 |
x |
x |
x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
1999 |
x |
x |
x |
|
x |
|
x |
|
2001 |
|
|
x |
x |
|
|
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: A21
NSRCG: B23
SDR: A24
1995
NSCG: A24.1
NSRCG: B23.1
SDR: A26.1
1997
NSCG:
Regular NSCG: A32.1
NSRCG Follow-Up Panel (Form A): .
NSRCG Follow-Up Panel (Form B): .
NSRCG: B23.1
SDR: A37.1
1999
NSCG:
Regular NSCG: A24.1
NSRCG Follow-Up Panel (Form A): A32.1
NSRCG Follow-Up Panel (Form B): A32.1
NSRCG: B23.1
SDR: A29.1
2001
NSCG: Survey not conducted
NSRCG: B24.1
SDR: A29.1
Quality and other technical information related to this item:
1993
The reinterview data indicated some variance, which may be expected for a question that asks
respondents to select one reason from what may be a set of interrelated reasons. Item nonresponse
was low ranging from less than one percent for the NSRCG to slightly more than one percent (1.4)
on the SDR and 3.1 percent on the unedited NSCG data.
Topic Areas associated with this data element:
B- Characteristics of Principal Job as of the reference week
Keywords associated with this data element:
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
CURRENT JOB
EMPLOYMENT
FIT BETWEEN JOB AND EDUCATION
FIT BETWEEN WORK AND EDUCATION
FULL TIME
FULL TIME JOB
FULL-TIME WORK
JOB
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT
PRESENT JOB
PRIMARY EMPLOYMENT
PRIMARY JOB
PRIMARY WORK
PRINCIPAL EMPLOYMENT
PRINCIPAL JOB
PRINCIPAL WORK
PROFESSION
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB AND EDUCATION
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK AND EDUCATION
WORK
WORK AND SCHOOL
WORKING OUTSIDE DEGREE FIELD
Updated: April 22, 2004