National Household Education Surveys Program of 2012: Data File User’s Manual

Title:	National Household Education Surveys Program of 2012: Data File User’s Manual
Description:	The 2012 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES:2012) Data File User’s Manual provides documentation and guidance for users of the NHES:2012 data files, which include data from the Early Childhood Program Participation survey and the Parent and Family Involvement in Education survey. The manual provides information about: the purpose of the study; the sample design; data collection procedures; data processing procedures; response rates; imputation; weighting and standard error calculation and use; data considerations and anomalies; a guide to the data file structure; nonresponse bias analysis; data collection instruments; data file layout; comparisons of estimates from NHES:2012 to prior NHES administrations and other data sources; and tables of nonresponse adjustment cells and response rates. The public-use data files are being released along with the documentation, allowing data users to run their own analyses.
Online Availability:	See NHES:2012 Data Products
Cover Date:	May 2015
Web Release:	May 6, 2015
Publication #:	NCES 2015030
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	McPhee, C., Bielick, S., Masterton, M., Flores, L., Parmer, R., Amchin, S., Stern, S., and McGowan, H.
Type of Product:	User's Manual/Data File Documentation
Survey/Program Areas:	National Household Education Survey (NHES)
Keywords:	Early Childhood Education Parental Involvement in Education
Questions:	For questions about the content of this User's Manual/Data File Documentation, please contact: Rebecca Bielamowicz.