| Title: | USER'S MANUAL: NELS:88 Base-Year to Fourth Follow-up: Student Component Data File |
| Description: | This data file user's manual documents the procedures and methodologies employed during the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The manual is designed to provide guidance and documentation for users of the public-release data for the base-year data collection in 1988 through the fourth follow-up study, which took place 12 years later in 2000 (NELS:88/2000). Included in this report are also the results of the intermediate data collections, which took place in 1990 (the first follow-up study, 1992 (the second follow-up study), and 1994 (the third follow-up NELS:88/94). This manual will familiarize the user with each wave of NELS:88 |
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| Cover Date: | July 2002 |
| Web Release: | August 23, 2002 |
| Print Release: | August 22, 2002 |
| Publication #: | NCES 2002323 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Thomas R. Curtin, Steven J. Ingels, Shiying Wu, & Ruth Heuer, Research Triangle Institute |
| Type of Product: | User's Manual/Data File Documentation |
| Survey/Program Areas: |
National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) |
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| Questions: |
For questions about the content of this User's Manual/Data File Documentation, please contact: Jeffrey A. Owings. |
