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Youth Indicators 2011 America's Youth: Transitions to Adulthood

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Education
Sub-Agency/Organization	National Center for Education Statistics
Category	Education
Date Released	12/01/2011
Date Updated	12/20/2011
Time Period	2011
Frequency	Annual
Description	This annual report provides a compilation of over 50 downloadable tables of statistical information covering demographics, school-related characteristics, employment-related characteristics, activities outside of school and work, health and wellness and future goals related to the lives of youth. This report examines numerous aspects of the lives of youth and young adults, ages 14 to 24, in the United States over the last several decades. The report features status and trend data from multiple surveys on the distribution of youth and their family structure; on school-, employment-, and health-related factors; and on future plans.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Research
Keywords	education, demographics, employment, health, wellness, future goals
Unique ID	5574

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Youth Indicators 2011 America's Youth: Transitions to Adulthood
Agency Program Page	http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012026/
Agency Data Series Page	http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012026/tables.asp

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	age distribution, demographics, educational enrollment, health statistics, employment
Granularity	State
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	Person/paper, person/computer, web
Data Collection Instrument
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012026/appendixa.asp

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012026/appendixa.asp
Additional Metadata	http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012026

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