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Public-use data files for NHES 1999 through 2007 are available by downloading them from the NCES website using the EDAT application. To access the data through EDAT, click here. The EDAT application will ask you to identify the year and survey you want to download. Next, you will be able to select the variables within the file for download. After you have selected the variables for download, EDAT can create the programming code to bring the data into many different statistical analysis packages. Select the download option and indicate the type of file you want to work with (e.g., SPSS, SAS, Stata, R, or SUDAAN). There are also options to keep the data in ASCII format or to bring the data into a comma separated value (CSV) format. For data from prior NHES surveys, CD-ROMS can be ordered free of charge, by clicking on the links below.
School Readiness (SR)
(1.12 MB)
(170 KB) (90 KB) (44 KB) (46 KB)Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI)
(5.96 MB) (234 KB) (118 KB) (44 KB) (46 KB)User's Manual
(616 KB) (363 KB) (362 KB) (397 KB) (444 KB) (488 KB)Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP)
(3.26 MB) (438 KB) (156 KB) (71 KB) (88.9 KB)After-School Programs and Activities (ASPA)
(5.44 MB) (469 KB) (170 KB) (77.5 KB) (96.1 KB)Adult Education (AE)
(4.36 MB) (286 KB) (129 KB) (61.8 KB) (72.9 KB) (576 KB) (688 KB) (289 KB) (744 KB) (309 KB) (856 KB) (537 KB) (676 KB)Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI)
(5.96 MB) (233 KB) (117 KB) (56.2 KB) (59.9 KB)Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons (AEWR)
(6.08 MB) (262 KB) (118 KB) (59.4 KB) (64 KB) (938 KB) (1,052 KB)Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP)
(3.1 MB) (411 KB) (159 KB) (73 KB) (89.5 KB)Before- and After-School Programs and Activities (ASPA)
ASCII zipped file (4.7 MB) (568 KB) (230 KB) (105 KB) (131 KB)Adult Education and Lifelong Learning (AELL)
(5.1 MB) (292 KB) (141 KB) (66 KB) (82 KB) (1,320 KB) (1,330 KB) (713 KB) (1,254 KB)Parent
(10.9 MB) (300 KB) (114 KB) (55 KB) (57 KB)Youth
(3.3 MB) (161 KB) (79 KB) (36 KB) (35 KB)Adult Education
(3.0 MB) (161 KB) (79 KB) (43 KB) (41 KB)To obtain NHES data files and documentation for surveys conducted before 1999, please order the 1991-1999 NHES CD-ROM
