DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02087.v1
title: National Household Education Survey, 1995
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 includes two topical
survey components: the Adult Education (AE) component, which collected
information about adults' participation in adult education, and the
Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP) component, which focused
on children's participation in nonparental childcare and early
childhood programs. The AE component explored the participation of
adults (aged 16 years and older) in a wide range of educational
activities during the 12 months prior to the interview. Respondents
were asked about their participation in seven broadly-defined types of
adult education activities: adult basic skills and GED preparation
classes, English As a Second Language instruction, courses taken
toward college degrees or vocational diplomas or certificates,
apprenticeship programs, career or job-related courses, any other
formally structured courses, and computer-only or video-only
instruction on the job. The AE component also collected data
pertaining to reasons for and barriers to participation in adult
education. In all, 19,722 adult interviews were completed: 11,713 with
adult education participants and 8,009 with nonparticipants. The ECPP
component examined children's early experiences in various types of
nonparental childcare arrangements and early childhood programs. The
core of this survey collected extensive information on children's
participation and experiences in four types of nonparental care and
programs: care by relatives (not including parents), care by
nonrelatives, Head Start programs, and other center-based
programs. Other information collected in this component concerned
children's kindergarten and primary school experiences, children's
personal and household demographic characteristics, parent/guardian
characteristics, literacy-related home activities, and children's
health and disability status. In total, interviews were completed for
14,064 children who were newborn through age 10 and in 3rd grade and
below. This includes interviews for 4,135 infants and toddlers, 3,431
preschool children, 1,680 kindergarten children, 4,717 primary school
children, and 101 home-schooled children.
description: A random-digit dial (RDD) telephone survey of households.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Adult Education Data
DS2: Codebook for Adult Education Data, Volume 1 (PDF)
DS3: Codebook for Adult Education Data, Volume 2 (PDF)
DS4: Early Childhood Program Participation Data
DS5: Codebook for Early Childhood Program Participation Data, Volume 1 (PDF)
DS6: Codebook for Early Childhood Program Participation Data, Volume 2 (PDF)
description: Adult Education Data: Adults aged 16 years and older.
Early Childhood Program Participation Data: Newborn through age 10 and
in 3rd grade and below.
description: Produced by the United States Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Washington, DC, 1995.