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High School and Beyond, 1980: A Longitudinal Survey of Students in the United States (HSB)
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STIPULATIONS FOR USE: None. PRI is no longer archiving these data as users may access the HS&B files directly through the NCES Data Analysis System (DAS - online and installable Windows software) or ICPSR.
DESCRIPTION: Conducted by the National Opinion Research Center on behalf of the National Center for Education Statistics, this survey is the first wave of data for a major longitudinal study of American youth. Data were collected from 58,270 high school students (28,240 seniors and 30,030 sophomores) and 1,015 secondary schools. Many items overlap with the NCES 1972 high school senior cohort study, which now has five waves of data. The data are contained in eight files: a student file, a school file, a parent file, a language file, a teacher-senior file, a teacher-sophomore file, a twins file, and a friends file. Surveys administered to students in the spring of 1980 provided data for the Student file. Included are questionnaire responses on family and religious background, perceptions of self and others, personal values, extracurricular activities, type of high school program, and educational expectations and aspirations. Also supplied are scores on a battery of tests, including vocabulary, reading, mathematics, science, writing, civics, spatial orientation, and visualization.
ORIGINATING AGENCY / PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): National Center for Education Statistics
RELATED WEB SITES:
High School & Beyond NCES Project Web Page
National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88) NCES Project Web Page
PRI NELS SodaPop Collection
DATA DISSEMINATED BY: The National Center for Education Statistics