DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02149.v1
title: National Household Education Survey, 1996
title: Version 1

description: The National Household Education Survey (NHES) series
reports information on the condition of education in the United States
by collecting data at the household level rather than using a
traditional school-based data collection system. The surveys attempt
to address many current issues in education, such as preprimary
education, school safety and discipline, adult education, and
activities related to citizenship. This survey included two topical
survey components: Parent/Family Involvement in Education (PFI) and
Adult and Youth Civic Involvement (CI). The PFI component, which
elicited information from parents and children aged 3 years through
grade 12, focused on four areas: types and frequency of family
involvement in children's schools, communication with teachers or
other school personnel, children's homework and behavior, and learning
activities with children outside of school. Other information
collected for this component pertained to student experiences at
school, children's personal and demographic characteristics, household
characteristics, and children's health and disability status. The PFI
information is provided in Part 1, Parent and Family Involvement in
Education and Civic Involvement -- Parent Data. The CI component of
the survey gathered information on civic participation, sources of
information about government issues, and knowledge and attitudes about
government. Items were administered to youths in grades 6 through 12
(Part 2, Youth Civic Involvement Data) and their parents, as well as
to a representative sample of United States adults (Part 3, Adult
Civic Involvement Data). The CI component also addressed opportunities
for youth to develop personal responsibility and skills that would
facilitate their taking an active role in civic life. CI questions
were also asked of the parents surveyed in the PFI component, and these
data also can be found in Part 1. In addition to the two major
topical components, a screener component of the survey collected
demographic and educational information on all members in every
household contacted, regardless of whether anyone in the household was
selected for an extended interview. (The term "extended interview"
refers to the interviews completed in the topical components of the
study, i.e., the Parent PFI/CI, the Youth CI, or the Adult CI
interviews.) Items on the use of public libraries by the household
were also administered in the screener portion for households without
Parent PFI/CI extended interviews and in the first Parent PFI/CI
interview in households in which one or more children were sampled.
These data are presented in Part 4, Household and Library
Data.
description: A random-digit-dial (RDD) telephone survey of households.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Parent and Family Involvement in Education and Civic Involvement -- Parent Data
DS2: Youth Civic Involvement Data
DS3: Adult Civic Involvement Data
DS4: Household and Library Data
DS5: User's Manual
DS6: Guidebook to Use of the Data
description: PFI component: Parents and children in households with
children 3 years old through grade 12. CI component: Students in
grades 6 through 12 and their parents, and adults 18 years or older,
not enrolled in grade 12 or below, and not on active duty in the
military, whose responses to CI items provided estimates
representative of the entire civilian United States population.
Screener interviews: All households in the United States.