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Pub Number	Title	Date
NCES 2012026	America's Youth: Transitions to Adulthood America's Youth contains statistics that address important aspects of the lives of youth, including family, schooling, work, community, and health. The report focuses on American youth and young adults 14 to 24 years old, and presents trends in various social contexts that may relate to youth education and learning.	12/20/2011
NCES 2010338	Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 Base Year to Second Follow-up Public-use Data These data are a Public-Use version of the ELS:2002/06 Restricted-use Base Year to Second Follow-up data (NCES 2008-346) released previously. These data can be downloaded using a new “EDAT” web application on the NCES website. The application allows users to download the data files they need for research in one of six statistical programming languages and then select the variables they need to perform that research. ELS:2002/06 is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of 16,200 high school sophomores in 2002, who were interviewed again in 2004 when most were seniors, and again in 2006 when many were sophomores in college or in the workforce. Data are included on the academic and other aspects of the environment of the schools in which these students were enrolled, as well as peer and parental influences. At the college level, data on the extent of college search, expectations, and choice processes prior to college enrollment, as well as information about subsequent pathways into and out of various types of postsecondary institutions are included. The initial entry of these youth into adulthood is then traced with respect to employment, living patterns, family formation, volunteerism, and military service. The last data collection in the survey will be in 2012, when most of the sample members who went to college will have left college and entered the workforce.	3/17/2010
NCES 2008346	Education Longitudinal Study of 2002/06: Restricted Use Second Follow-up Data Files, Data File Documentation, and Electronic Codebook System This ELS:2002/2004 CDROM contains a revised version of the restricted-use base-year to second follow-up data that were previously released. Manuals documenting the sample design of these data, how they were collected, and how they should be used are included. This documentation is public use and can be downloaded directly from the ELS website (http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/els2002 /manuals.asp). The ELS:2002 longitudinal study is designed to monitor a national sample of young people as they progress from tenth grade through high school and on to postsecondary education and/or the world of work. By the third follow-up in 2012, these young people will be in their mid-twenties. Users of the original second follow-up restricted-use data (NCES 2008-346) can obtain this revised version (NCES 2008-346r) by requesting it from the IES Data Security Office (IESData.Security@ed.gov). Nearly all of the changes that have been made in the original data are in base year and first follow-up variables and not transcript or second follow-up variables. However, none of these changes affect data that were originally released in the base year to first follow-up restricted-use data (NCES 2006-430 ), or the transcript restricted-use data (NCES-2006-351).	10/16/2007
NCES 2005050	Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth Youth Indicators contains statistics that address important aspects of the lives of youth, including family, schooling, work, community, and health. The report focuses on American youth and young adults 14 to 24 years old, and presents trends in various social contexts that may relate to youth education and learning.	7/29/2005
NCES 2001485	Student Jobs and Volunteer Service This article describes the 1998 NAEP civics assessment where 12th graders who participated in volunteer service had higher scores than those who did not do volunteer service. Also, 12th graders working 6-15 hours per week had higher scores than those students who either worked longer hours or did not work at all.	9/28/2001
NCES 97303	Continuity of Early Employment Among 1980 High School Sophomores This report uses the 1980 Sophomore Cohort of the High School and Beyond (HS&B) study to examine the employment stability in the first 18 months after graduation of those graduates whose highest credential was a high school diploma, an associate's degree, or a bachelors' degree.	9/30/1997
NCES 84207	Two Years in High School: The Status of 1980 Sophomores in 1982 This report presents a summary of descriptive information about the 1980 sophomore cohort members as of spring 1982. In this report, chapters II through VI, are divided into five topical areas. Chapter II, entitled "Progress Through High School," discusses dropouts, transfers, early graduates, and changes in life values. Chapter III describes changes in cognitive test scores between 1980 and 1982. Chapter IV, entitled "High School Experiences," concerns courses taken, grades, homework, participation in Federal programs, and disciplinary problems. Chapter V describes non-scholastic activities, primarily employment and leisure time activities. Finally, chapter VI describes plans for attending and financing college.	4/17/1984

NCES 2012026

America's Youth: Transitions to Adulthood
America's Youth contains statistics that address important aspects of the lives of youth, including family, schooling, work, community, and health. The report focuses on American youth and young adults 14 to 24 years old, and presents trends in various social contexts that may relate to youth education and learning.

12/20/2011

NCES 2010338

Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 Base Year to Second Follow-up Public-use Data
These data are a Public-Use version of the ELS:2002/06 Restricted-use Base Year to Second Follow-up data (NCES 2008-346) released previously. These data can be downloaded using a new “EDAT” web application on the NCES website. The application allows users to download the data files they need for research in one of six statistical programming languages and then select the variables they need to perform that research. ELS:2002/06 is a nationally representative longitudinal survey of 16,200 high school sophomores in 2002, who were interviewed again in 2004 when most were seniors, and again in 2006 when many were sophomores in college or in the workforce. Data are included on the academic and other aspects of the environment of the schools in which these students were enrolled, as well as peer and parental influences. At the college level, data on the extent of college search, expectations, and choice processes prior to college enrollment, as well as information about subsequent pathways into and out of various types of postsecondary institutions are included. The initial entry of these youth into adulthood is then traced with respect to employment, living patterns, family formation, volunteerism, and military service. The last data collection in the survey will be in 2012, when most of the sample members who went to college will have left college and entered the workforce.

3/17/2010

NCES 2008346

Education Longitudinal Study of 2002/06: Restricted Use Second Follow-up Data Files, Data File Documentation, and Electronic Codebook System
This ELS:2002/2004 CDROM contains a revised version of the restricted-use base-year to second follow-up data that were previously released. Manuals documenting the sample design of these data, how they were collected, and how they should be used are included. This documentation is public use and can be downloaded directly from the ELS website (http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/els2002 /manuals.asp).

The ELS:2002 longitudinal study is designed to monitor a national sample of young people as they progress from tenth grade through high school and on to postsecondary education and/or the world of work. By the third follow-up in 2012, these young people will be in their mid-twenties.

Users of the original second follow-up restricted-use data (NCES 2008-346) can obtain this revised version (NCES 2008-346r) by requesting it from the IES Data Security Office (IESData.Security@ed.gov). Nearly all of the changes that have been made in the original data are in base year and first follow-up variables and not transcript or second follow-up variables.

However, none of these changes affect data that were originally released in the base year to first follow-up restricted-use data (NCES 2006-430 ), or the transcript restricted-use data (NCES-2006-351).

10/16/2007

NCES 2005050

Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth
Youth Indicators contains statistics that address important aspects of the lives of youth, including family, schooling, work, community, and health. The report focuses on American youth and young adults 14 to 24 years old, and presents trends in various social contexts that may relate to youth education and learning.

7/29/2005

NCES 2001485

Student Jobs and Volunteer Service
This article describes the 1998 NAEP civics assessment where 12th graders who participated in volunteer service had higher scores than those who did not do volunteer service. Also, 12th graders working 6-15 hours per week had higher scores than those students who either worked longer hours or did not work at all.

9/28/2001

NCES 97303

Continuity of Early Employment Among 1980 High School Sophomores
This report uses the 1980 Sophomore Cohort of the High School and Beyond (HS&B) study to examine the employment stability in the first 18 months after graduation of those graduates whose highest credential was a high school diploma, an associate's degree, or a bachelors' degree.

9/30/1997

NCES 84207

Two Years in High School: The Status of 1980 Sophomores in 1982
This report presents a summary of descriptive information about the 1980 sophomore cohort members as of spring 1982. In this report, chapters II through VI, are divided into five topical areas. Chapter II, entitled "Progress Through High School," discusses dropouts, transfers, early graduates, and changes in life values. Chapter III describes changes in cognitive test scores between 1980 and 1982. Chapter IV, entitled "High School Experiences," concerns courses taken, grades, homework, participation in Federal programs, and disciplinary problems. Chapter V describes non-scholastic activities, primarily employment and leisure time activities. Finally, chapter VI describes plans for attending and financing college.

4/17/1984

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