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NLSY97 Schooling Data

NLSY97 Schooling Data. Cohort Overview. NLSY97 Schooling Objectives. Correct NLSY79 seam problem Re-reporting enrollment status for a particular month Event history format Correct NLSY79 grade reversals Verify/correct status from last interview HGC, HGA, & enrollment status

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NLSY97 Schooling Data

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  1. NLSY97 Schooling Data

  2. Cohort Overview

  3. NLSY97 Schooling Objectives • Correct NLSY79 seam problem • Re-reporting enrollment status for a particular month • Event history format • Correct NLSY79 grade reversals • Verify/correct status from last interview • HGC, HGA, & enrollment status • Event history of schools • Account for inconsistencies due to changing schools • Event history of grade attendance (loops) • Account for skipping/repeating grades • Collect/confirm data from other sources • Parent questionnaire • Transcript data • Collect detailed information on schools

  4. NLSY97 Questionnaire Structure(YSCH-, NEWSCHOOL_) • Confirm status at last interview date • Highest grade attended/completed & enrollment • Confirm and correct prior round data • Report information for current round • Report schools attended since last interview • Enrollment periods at each school • Survey program creates NEWSCHOOL roster • Schools listed in the order reported • ‘Loop’ though questions specific to each school • Primary & secondary schools • Colleges

  5. Data Collected on Each Primary/Secondary School • For each school • School type • Grades and dates attended • Gaps in attendance • Suspensions • Program of study in high school • General Schooling data • SAT/ACT scores • Expected graduation date • Diploma/GED receipt

  6. Data Collected for Each College • School information • Public/private • IPEDS code in Geocode data • Credit progression • Number began at school with • Sources • Attempted per term • Earned per term • Number required to graduate

  7. Each College… • Per term information (loops) • Beginning date • 1st and 2nd majors • Full/part time status • GPA • Cost and financing • Degree • Type received • Date received

  8. Other Schooling Information • YSCH: School-based learning programs • Enrolled in grades K-12 • Time spent on work site • Days or weeks & hours • Amount if paid • Classes taken in conjunction with school • YCOC: College choice section (round 7+) • 1983 & 1984 birth cohorts • Term & year of applications • Applied for financial assistance • Acceptances including financial aid offered • IPEDS code in Geocode data

  9. Parent Questionnaire (PC8-) • Relevant ages • Age at 1st grade • Age at 7th grade • Age attended head start • Historical schooling information • Skipped and/or repeated grades • Gaps in attendance (1 month+) • Took classes during break • Special programs • Remedial, Special, Gifted, or Bilingual Education • Parent interviews for 88.4% respondents • Collected in 1997

  10. Transcript Survey (TRANS_) • School information • Summary information • If, when, and why left school • GPA, class rank • Graduation requirements • Participation in programs • Special, Gifted, or Bilingual Education • Scores on standardized tests • PSAT, ACT, SAT, AP, other • Academic year information • Absent & tardy spells • Credit weighted GPA • % New Basics credits earned

  11. Transcript Survey… • Term information • Month/year enrolled, academic year • Credits earned & Grade level (e.g., 7th, 8th) • Course information • Subject Code • Credits earned and standardized grades • Notes • Collected from last school attended • 2 waves • 1999-2000 & 2004 [TRANS_STATUS] • Survey year for both=1999 • Transcript data for 69.4% respondents

  12. Data Source Summary • Pre-survey schooling history • Parent Questionnaire • YCHR section in NLSY97 interview • R6-R9: Grades skipped/repeated • Current schooling history • NLSY97 Interview • Single Item Verification • Event History • Retrospective high school history • Transcript Survey • High school course history • Final outcome

  13. NLSY97 Intended Results • More complete picture of educational history • Transition from middle to high school [for some] • Transition between schools • E.g., high school to high school • Transition out of high school • Additional data on schools attended • Additional data on types of courses taken • Information on alternative trajectories • Alternative schools/home schooling • Unique situations • Incarceration • Pregnancy

  14. Desired Outcomes • Within the survey round • HGA>=HGC • Grade level changes only if enrolled • Between survey rounds & other sources • HGC never decreases • The highest degree received never decreases • Grade consistency • Prior round survey grades • Transcript grades

  15. NLSY97 Unintended Results • More sources=more chances for conflict • Within surveys • E.g., HGC doesn’t match event history grade • Between surveys • E.g., R8 HGC<R7 HGC • Reporting problems in the event history • Unknown dates • Problematic for grade confirmation • Report 1st grade at school not since DLI • Data harder for researchers to use

  16. NLSY97 Schooling DataPUBID=3807

  17. PUBID=3807 • Data from Parent Questionnaire • Age entered 1st grade=6 • Year entered 1st grade=1990 • Age entered 7th grade=12 • 1996-1997 school year • Didn’t repeat/skip any grades • Projected graduation date • 2001/02 school year

  18. PUBID=3807

  19. Transcript Survey (TRANS_TERM_)

  20. PUBID=3807 • Youth Questionnaire • High school graduation date • May 2002 reported in r6 • YSCH-11900 • Highest degree received • High school degree [3] in rounds 7 & 8 • YSCH-3113 • Transcript data • TRANS_LEFT_REASON=Graduated [1] • TRANS_LEFT_DATE~M/~Y=-3/2002

  21. Which Source Is Correct? PUBID=3807 • Enrollment in School 201 never ends • Mismatch between HGA and loops • HGA=12 • Loop report never attended 12th • R5 • Mismatch between reported HGA • R7 HGA=12 • R8 HGA verification R7 HGA=13

  22. NLSY97 Schooling DataPUBID=7746

  23. PUBID=7746 • Data from Parent Questionnaire • Age entered 1st grade=7 • Year entered 1st grade=1989 • Age entered 7th grade=14 • 1996/97 school year • Repeated 6th grade • Didn’t skip any grades • Projected graduation date • 2001/02 school year

  24. PUBID=7746

  25. Transcript Survey (TRANS_TERM_)

  26. PUBID=7746 • Youth Questionnaire • High school graduation date • May 2002 reported in r6 • YSCH-11900 • Highest degree received • High school degree [3] in rounds 7 & 8 • YSCH-3113 • Transcript data • TRANS_LEFT_REASON=Graduated [1] • TRANS_LEFT_DATE~M/~Y=5/2002

  27. Which Source Is Correct? PUBID=7746 • Mismatch between transcripts & data • 9th grade • Transcripts give a completion date of -3/1999 • Completion date of 6/00 in survey data • 10th grade • Transcripts give a completion date of -3/2000 • No completion date listed in survey data

  28. Round 9 High School Data Review • Most raw data are mostly consistent over time • Resources • 10 years of respondent reported data • Transcript data • Parent questionnaire • High school careers mostly completed • Received high school diploma/GED • Enrolled in a degree college without a diploma/GED • Not in a GED program • Aged out of high school (age 20+)

  29. Resolving Raw High School Data More sources=more conflicting data • Use sources from all rounds • Parent Questionnaire • Transcript Data • Corrections • Verification questions • Comments • Expected graduation date

  30. Resolving High School Data… More sources=more conflicting data… • Use data from rounds after left high school • Diploma question (r7 and beyond) • Long term out of school status & verification • Bad grade progression, graduated on time • Impute if graduate on time given the grade reported at the 1st interview

  31. Resolving High School Data… Reporting problems in event history • Unknown dates and grade completion • Impute if enrolled in the next grade sequentially • Unexplained grade reversal then progression • Impute when 1st grade reported was completed before at the same school & verification supports this Raw data harder for researchers to use • Created variables summarize raw data • Created after conflicts resolved

  32. R9 Collapsed Variables (CVC_) • Status variables • CVC_HGC_EVER • CVC_HIGHEST_DEGREE_EVER • Degree dates • CVC_HS_DIPLOMA & CVC_GED • CVC_AA_DEGREE & CVC_BA_DEGREE • CVC_MA_DEGREE • CVC_PROF_DEGREE • CVC_PHD_DEGREE • Standardized scores • CVC_SAT_MATH_SCORE • CVC_SAT_VERBAL_SCORE • CVC_ACT_SCORE

  33. Created Variables (CV_) • CV_ENROLLSTAT • High school experience • CV_GRADES_REPEAT_EVER • CV_GRADE_SKIP_EVER • CV_SCH_ATTEND • CV_PIAT_PERCENTILE_SCORE • High school variables • CV_SCHOOL_TYPE • CV_SCHOOL_SIZE • CV_STUDENT_TEACHER_RATIO • College variables • CV_BA_CREDITS • CV_ASSOC_CREDITS

  34. Event History Variables (SCH-)Month-by-Month Arrays • SCH_STATUS_yr.mo • Enrollment status • SCH_TERM_yr.mo • School type • Grade or term • Grade if high school • Term if college • ID_yr.mo • Links SCH_ arrays to questionnaire data • Same as the NEWSCHOOL_PUBID from NEWSCHOOL_ roster

  35. More Information • User’s Guide • Section 4.1 • Achievement test scores • CAT-ASVAB • PIAT Math test • Section 4.2 • Schooling Experience • College Choice • School-based learning programs • Transcript survey • Codebook Supplement • Appendix 11, Transcript Surveys

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