Education Longitudinal Study of 2002/06: Restricted Use Second Follow-up Data Files, Data File Documentation, and Electronic Codebook System

Title:	Education Longitudinal Study of 2002/06: Restricted Use Second Follow-up Data Files, Data File Documentation, and Electronic Codebook System
Description:	This ELS:2002/2004 CD includes the restricted-use base-year, first follow-up, high school transcript, second follow-up data, and the electronic codebook. The data documentation is also included on the CD. The data documentation is public use and can be downloaded directly as NCES 2008-346. This study is designed to monitor a national sample of young people as they progress from tenth grade through high school and on to postsecondary education and/or the world of work.
Online Availability:	Procedure for ordering restricted use data files
Cover Date:	October 2007
Web Release:	October 16, 2007
Print Release:
Publication #:	NCES 2008346 Restricted Data Licenses
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Steven J. Ingels, Daniel J. Pratt, David Wilson, Laura J. Burns, Douglas Currivan, James E. Rogers, Sherry Hubbard-Bednasz
Type of Product:	Data File
Survey/Program Areas:	Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS)
Keywords:	Achievement (student) mathematics Achievement (student) reading Completion rates (high school) Coursetaking/transcripts Coursetaking/transcripts core courses Coursetaking/transcripts mathematics and science Disadvantaged students (educationally) Disadvantaged students (educationally) precollege programs for Dropout rates (high school) Educational attainment Educational goals Employment after high school Employment during college Employment during high school Enrollment elementary and secondary schools Enrollment full-time, higher education Enrollment part-time, higher education Fathers' involvement in children's education Graduation rates, high school Guidance counselors High school graduates Higher education access and choice in Higher education Remedial education Labor force experiences Labor market outcomes Libraries public Libraries school Limited English Proficient students Longitudinal studies Mathematics Mathematics/Science education Minorities in Higher Education Parental involvement in education Part-time enrollment in higher education Participation rates Postsecondary education attendance patterns Postsecondary education persistence and attainment Postsecondary education student characteristics Postsecondary education transcript studies Pre-college programs Progress in education blacks Progress in education Hispanics Progress in education minorities Progress in education women Race/ethnicity Race/ethnicity education of Reading Response rates Special education Student financial aid Students at-risk Students financial aid Students influence of peer groups Students transition from college to work Students transition to college
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Data File, please contact: John G. Wirt.

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