
Items Booklet - October 1998 CPS Supplement
>PRESUP<
This month I am asking some additional questions concerning school enrollment.
ENTER <P> TO PROCEED
ENTER <I> FOR IMPORTANCE OF RESPONDING
The information you give is important. School and government officials use the answers to the questions on school enrollment to plan educational programs and facilities.
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Adult Items
>SSCHOL<
Are 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.)
<H> Definition of regular school
<1> Yes (Go to PUBLIC)
<2> No (Go to VOCA)
<D> Don't know
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>PUBLIC<
Are you enrolled in public or private school?
<1> Public
<2> Private
<D> Don't know
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>GRADE<
What grade or year are you attending?
<1-12> Grades 1 through 12 -
<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
<D> Don't know
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>FULL<
Are you attending college full-time or part-time?
<1> Full-time
<2> Part-time
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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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
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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>VOCA<
Excluding (regular college courses and) on-the-job training, are you taking any business, vocational, technical, secretarial, trade or correspondence courses?
<1> Yes
<2> No
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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>LASTYR<
Were you attending or enrolled in a regular school or college in October 1997, that is, October of last year?
<1> Yes
<2> No (Go to CHECK-A)
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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>LASTGD<
What grade or year were you attending last year?
<1-12> Grades 1 through 12 -
<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
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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CHECK-A
GRADE = 1-12 (Skip 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)
>YRATT<
In what calendar year did you last attend regular school?
<1> 1998
<2> 1997 or before
<3> Never attended
<D> Don't know
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>YRDEG<
In what calendar year did you receive your most recent degree?
<1> 1998
<2> 1997 or before
<D> Don't know
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>YRDIP<
In what calendar year did you complete high school?
<1> 1998
<2> 1997 or before
<D> Don't know
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>GED<
Did you complete high school by means of an equivalency test, such as the GED?
<1> Yes
<2> No
<D> Don't know
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>S51< ** DO NOT READ **
WHO REPORTED FOR THIS PERSON?
<1> Self
<2> Parent
<3> Spouse
<4> Other relative
<5> Nonrelative
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Children's Items
CHECK-E
PEAGE:
0-2 (Go to next child)
3-5 (Ask SCH35)
6-14 (Skip to SCH614)
>SCH35<
Is he/she attending or enrolled in nursery school, kindergarten, or elementary school?
<1> Yes (Go to CHPUB)
<2> No (Go to S56)
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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>SCH614<
Is he/she 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.)
<H> Definition of regular school
<1> Yes
<2> No (Go to S56)
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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>CHPUB<
Is he/she enrolled in public or private school?
<1> Public
<2> Private
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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>CHGRDE<
What grade or year is he/she attending?
*** IF NURSERY OR KINDERGARTEN, ASK IF FULL-DAY OR PART-DAY ***
<A> Nursery (pre-school, pre-kindergarten) full-day
<B> Nursery (pre-school, pre-kindergarten) part-day
<C> Kindergarten full-day
<E> Kindergarten part-day
<1-8> Grades 1 through 8 - Elementary
<9-12> Grades 9 through 12 - High School
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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>S56<
Was he/she attending or enrolled in a regular school in October 1997, that is, October of last year?
<H> Definition of regular school
<1> Yes (Go to S57)
<2> No (Go to End or next per)
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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>S57<
What grade was he/she attending last year?
<A> Nursery school (pre-school, pre-kindergarten)
<B> Kindergarten
<1-8> Grades 1 through 8 - Elementary
<9-12> Grades 9 through 12 - High School
<D> Don't know
<R> Refused
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