School-level data

Description

The original data source is the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002. To deal with the issue on individually identifiable information, we generated hypothetical student-level data using a multiple imputation method. The Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 used a two-stage sample selection process. First, a national sample of schools was selected using stratified probability proportional to size (PPS), and school contacting resulted in 1,221 eligible public, Catholic, and other private schools from a population of approximately 27,000 schools containing 10th grade students. Of the eligible schools, 752 participated in the study. In the second stage of sample selection, a sample of approximately 26 sophomores, from within each of the participating public and private schools was selected. Each school was asked to provide a list of 10th grade students, and quality assurance (QA) checks were performed on each list that was received.

Usage

school

Format

A data matrix with 568 rows and 5 columns, containing no missing values. The data are provided only for illustrative purposes and not for inference about education effectiveness, for which the original data source should be consulted.

SCH_ID:

School indicator.

coed:

Indicator variable for coeducation. 1 = coeducation.

smorale:

Measure of student morale in the school. 4 levels.

free:

Percent of 10th grade students receiving free lunch. 1 to 7 levels.

catholic:

Indicator variable for catholic school. 1 = catholic school.

Source

The complete student-level data is available from the data archives at www.icpsr.umich.edu/

References

United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics