October School Enrollment Supplement to the Current Population Survey

Attachment A

October 2015 - School Enrollment Supplement

Basic items: SSCHOL, PUBLIC, GRADE, FULL, STYPE, VOCA, LASTYR, YRATT,

YRDIP, GED, SCH35, SCH614, CHPUB, CHGRDE, S57

NCES items: LASTGD, YRDEG, S56, GED (Continuing)

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School Enrollment - Adult's Items (Person level)

PRESUP This month I am asking some additional questions concerning school enrollment.

ENTER <F1> FOR IMPORTANCE OF RESPONDING

ENTER <1> TO CONTINUE

[blind] <R> Refused Supplement

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CK: For each person age < 15, Go to CHECK-E, Else (for person age ge 15), Go to SSCHOL

SSCHOL (Are/Is) (Name/You) attending or enrolled in regular school?

(Regular school includes elementary school, high school and schooling that leads to a college or professional school degree)

<1> Yes (Go to PUBLIC)

<2> No (Go to VOCA)

<H> Definition of regular school

Blind <D> or <R>

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PUBLIC1 (Are/Is) (Name/You) enrolled in public or private school?

<1> Public

<2> Private

Blind <D> or <R>

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GRADE What grade or year is (are/is) (name/you) attending?

<0> Grades 1 through 5 - Elementary (Skip to LASTYR)

<6> 6^th Grade (Skip to LASTYR)

<7> 7^th Grade (Skip to LASTYR)

<8> 8^th Grade (Skip to LASTYR)

<9> 9^th Grade (Skip to LASTYR)

<10> 10^th Grade (Skip to LASTYR)

<11> 11^th Grade (Skip to LASTYR)

<12> 12^th Grade (Skip to LASTYR)

<21> 1st year of college (freshman)

<22> 2nd year of college (sophomore)

<23> 3rd year of college (junior)

<24> 4th year of college (senior)

<25> 1st year of graduate school

<26> 2nd year or higher of graduate school

<30> College, no year reported

Blind <D> or <R> (Go to VOCA)

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(If entry in SCHFT, SKIP TO STYPE, OTHERWISE, ASK FULL)

FULL (Are/Is) (name/you) attending college full-time or part-time?

<1> Full-time

<2> Part-time

Blind <D> or <R>

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STYPE Is this a 2-year or a 4-year college or university?

<1> 2-year college (community or junior college)

<2> 4-year college or university

Blind <D> or <R>

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VOCA Excluding/ Excluding regular college courses and on-the-job training, (are/is) (name/you) taking any business, vocational, technical, secretarial, trade, or correspondence courses? (NOT SHOWN ON SCREEN: For persons enrolled in college [GRADE = 21- 30], include parenthetical phrase.)

<1> Yes

<2> No

Blind <D> or <R>

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LASTYR (Were/Was) (name/you) attending or enrolled in a regular school or college in October 2014, that is, October of last year?

<1> Yes (Ask LASTGD)

<2> No (Skip to CHECK-A)

Blind <D> or <R> (Skip to CHECK-A)

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LASTGD What grade or year (was/were)(name/you) attending last year?

<0> Grades 1 through 4 – Elementary

<5> 5^th Grade

<6> 6^th Grade

<7> 7^th Grade

<8> 8^th Grade

<9> 9^th Grade

<10> 10^th Grade

<11> 11^th Grade

<12> 12^th Grade

<21> 1st year of college (freshman)

<22> 2nd year of college (sophomore)

<23> 3rd year of college (junior)

<24> 4th year of college (senior)

<25> 1st year of graduate school

<26> 2nd year or higher of graduate school

<30> College, no year reported

Blind <D> or <R>

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CHECK-A

GRADE = 1-12 (Go to S51)

All others

PEAGE = 15-29

College Graduate (PEEDUCA = 41-46) Skip to YRDEG

High school Graduate (PEEDUCA = 39-40) Skip to YRDIP

Not High school graduate (PEEDUCA <39) Ask YRATT

PEAGE = 30+ (GO TO S51)

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YRATT In what calendar year did (name/you) last attend regular school?

<1> 2015

<2> 2014 or before

<3> Never attended

Blind <D> or <R>

(In all cases, Skip to GED2) ===>_

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YRDEG In what calendar year did (name/you) receive (your/his/her) most recent degree?

<1> 2015

<2> 2014 or before

Blind <D> or <R>

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YRDIP In what calendar year did (name/you) complete high school?

<1> 2015

<2> 2014 or before

Blind <D> or <R>

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CHECK-B :

If EDUCA = 39, then do the following :

If DIPGED = 1 (Person graduated from HS) then GED =2 (No, person did not receive GED), GO to S51

If DIPGED = 2 (Person received GED) then GED =1( Yes, person received GED), GO to S51

If DIPGED = -2 or -3 (Don't Know or Refusal) then GED = DIPGED,

GO to S51

If EDUCA = 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38, then SKIP to GED2.

If EDUCA = 40 or 41 or 42 or 43 or 44 or 45 or 46, GO to GED1.

If EDUCA = -2 or -3, go to GED3.

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GED1 People can get their high school diploma in a variety of ways, such as graduation from high school or by getting a GED or other equivalent. How did (name/you) get (your/his/her) high school diploma?

<1> Graduation from high school

<2> GED or other equivalent

Blind <D> or <R> (In all cases, Go to S51)

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GED2 Earlier you said that the highest level (name/you) had completed was

[EDUCA VALUE]. Did (name/you) complete high school by getting a

GED or other equivalent?

<1> Yes

<2> No

Blind <D> or <R> (In all cases, Go to S51)

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GED3 Earlier you were unable to tell us the highest level of education (name/you) had completed. Did (name/you) complete high school by getting a GED or other equivalent?

<1> Yes

<2> No

Blind <D> or <R> (In all cases, Go to S51)

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S51 Who reported for this person?

<1> Self

<2> Parent

<3> Spouse

<4> Other relative

<5> Nonrelative

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(Go to next person)

October 2015 - School Enrollment Supplement

Children's Items (Person level)

CHECK-E:

PEAGE:

0-2 (Go to next child)

3-5 (Ask SCH35)

14. (Skip to SCH614)

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SCH35 (Are/Is) (name/you) attending or enrolled in nursery school, kindergarten or elementary school?

<1> Yes (Skip to CHPUB)

<2> No (Skip to S56)

Blind <D> or <R> (Skip to S56)

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SCH614 (Are/Is) (name/you) attending or enrolled in regular school?

(Regular school includes nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school and schooling which leads to a high school diploma or college degree.)

<1> Yes (Ask CHPUB)

<2> No (Go to S56)

Blind <D> or <R> (Go to S56)

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CHPUB (Are/Is) enrolled in public or private school?

<1> Public

<2> Private

Blind <D> or <R>

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CHGRDE What grade or year (are/is) (name/you) attending?

(If nursery school or kindergarten, ask if full-day or part-day)

*** IF NURSERY OR KINDERGARTEN, ASK IF FULL-DAY OR PART-DAY. ***

<40> Nursery (pre-school, pre-kindergarten) full-day <6> Grade 6 – Elementary

<41> Nursery (pre-school, pre-kindergarten) part-day <7> Grade 7 – Elementary

<42> Kindergarten full-day <8> Grade 8 – Elementary

<43> Kindergarten part-day <9> Grade 9 – High School

<1> Grade 1 – Elementary <10> Grade 10 – High School

<2> Grade 2 – Elementary <11> Grade 11– High School

<3> Grade 3 – Elementary <12> Grade 12 – High School

<4> Grade 4 – Elementary

<5> Grade 5 – Elementary

Blind <D> or <R>

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S56 (Were/Was) (name/you) attending or enrolled in a regular school in October 2014 that is, October of last year?

<1> Yes

<2> No (Go to End)

Blind <D> or <R> (Go to End)

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S57 What grade (was/were) (name/you) attending last year?

<40> Nursery school (pre-school, pre-kindergarten) <6> Grade 6 – Elementary

<42> Kindergarten <7> Grade 7 – Elementary

<1> Grade 1 – Elementary <8> Grade 8 – Elementary

<2> Grade 2 – Elementary <9> Grade 9 – High School

<3> Grade 3 – Elementary <10> Grade 10 – High School

<4> Grade 4 – Elementary <11> Grade 11– High School

<5> Grade 5 – Elementary <12> Grade 12 – High School

Blind <D> or <R> ____>

(Go to next child)