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Methodological reports on the new National Household Education Survey.
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Jim Cassell                                    CASSELL@UNCVM1.OIT.UNC.EDU
Institute for Research in Social Science       CASSELL@UNCVM1.BITNET
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill       Phone:  919-962-0782
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3355                    Fax:    919-962-4777
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                 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
        OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
            NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

                          OCTOBER 1992

           NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD EDUCATION SURVEY (NHES)
                  FIELD TEST TECHNICAL REPORTS

THE NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD EDUCATION SURVEY (NHES) represents
a major new initiative of the U.S. Department of Education's
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).  The survey is
designed to collect data needed to study current issues in
education that cannot be addressed through school-based surveys.
The NHES is currently designed as a telephone survey of U.S.
households, using random digit dialing and computer-assisted
telephone interviewing methods.

A large field test of approximately 15,000 households was
conducted during the fall of 1989.  A number of methodological
issues associated with collecting and analyzing data on education
issues from a random digit dialing telephone survey were
examined.  Five reports describe the 1989 Field Test experience
and represent the first of a series of technical publications
about the design and conduct of the NHES.  These reports will
provide users of the data with a better understanding of the NHES
methodology and hopefully will assist the survey design efforts
of others.

The first report in this series, OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL
HOUSEHOLD EDUCATION SURVEY TEST, describes the design of the
field test and the outcomes of the field test data collection
activities.  It reports on the response rates obtained, both unit
and item, and the burden associated with survey participation.

The second report, TELEPHONE UNDERCOVERAGE BIAS OF 14- TO
21-YEAR-OLDS AND 3- TO 5-YEAR-OLDS, analyzes data from the
Current Population Survey to identify the extent of telephone
undercoverage for two distinct populations of interest and the
bias associated with this type of undercoverage for estimates of
school dropouts and early childhood education program
participation.  Methods for adjusting survey estimates to
partially reduce this bias are developed and evaluated.

The third report, MULTIPLICITY SAMPLING FOR DROPOUTS IN
THE NHES FIELD TEST, examines a technique that was used to
increase the coverage of 14- to 21-year-olds and to capture more
dropouts in the sample.  The report describes the effectiveness
of the multiplicity sample in achieving these goals.

The fourth report, PROXY REPORTING OF DROPOUT STATUS IN
THE NHES FIELD TEST, focuses on measurement errors arising from
the use of proxy respondents.  During the 1989 field test, a
knowledgeable household member was used as the source for
information on the school enrollment of each sampled 14- to
21-year-old in the household.  In addition, all 14- to
21-year-olds were asked to report on their own school enrollment.

The report describes the correspondence between the responses
given by proxy respondents with those provided by the
youths themselves.

The fifth report, EFFECTIVENESS OF OVERSAMPLING BLACKS AND
HISPANICS IN THE NHES FIELD TEST, describes the approach used to
increase the number of black and Hispanic households and youth in
the sample. During the field test, an approach that uses
demographic information at the telephone exchange level to
develop sampling strata was used to oversample black and Hispanic
households. The report examines the yield of the field test
sample design versus that which would have been expected without
oversampling.  It also describes the effects of oversampling on
the precision of survey estimates.

Single copies of the five reports, OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL
HOUSEHOLD EDUCATION SURVEY FIELD TEST, NCES 92-099; TELEPHONE
UNDERCOVERAGE BIAS OF 14- to 21-YEAR-OLDS AND 3- TO 5-YEAR OLDS;
NCES 92-101; MULTIPLICITY SAMPLING FOR DROPOUTS IN THE NHES FIELD
TEST, NCES 92-102; PROXY REPORTING OF DROPOUT STATUS IN THE NHES
FIELD TEXT, NCES 92-103; and EFFECTIVENESS OF OVERSAMPLING BLACKS
AND HISPANICS IN THE NHES FIELD TEST, NCES 92-104, are available
free from:

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