NCES High School Longitudinal Study of 2009
students.RdThe High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) is a nationally representative, longitudinal study of more than 21,000 9th graders in 944 schools who will be followed through their secondary and postsecondary years. The study focuses on understanding students' trajectories from the beginning of high school into postsecondary education, the workforce, and beyond. This dataset is a cleaned and abbreviated version of the original HSLS:09 dataset, which can be obtained at the source link below.
Format
students
A data frame with 23503 rows and 37 columns:
- student_id
Unique student identifier
- survey1_date
Month and year of the base survey
- student_sex_survey1
Student sex as reported in the base survey
- student_race_survey1
Student race as reported in the base survey
- stuent_dob_survey1
Student month and year of birth as reported in the base survey
- parent1_edu_survey1
Highest education level of parent 1 as reported in the base survey
- parent1_employ_survey1
Employment status of parent 1 as reported in the base survey
- parent1_race_survey1
Race of parent 1 as reported in the base survey
- parent2_edu_survey1
Highest education level of parent 2 as reported in the base survey
- parent2_employ_survey1
Employment status of parent 2 as reported in the base survey
- parent2_race_survey1
Race of parent 2 as reported in the base survey
- parent_pattern_survey1
Parenting pattern (e.g., single parent, two parents) as reported in the base survey
- household_size_survey1
Number of people in the household as reported in the base survey
- poverty_survey1
Household poverty status according to the 2008 Census threshold as reported in the base survey
- family_income_survey1
Family income level as reported in the base survey
- first_language_survey1
First language student learned as reported in the base survey
- math_quintile_survey1
Math assessment quintile score as reported in the base survey (1-5, 1 being lowest quintile and 5 being highest)
- favorite_subject_survey1
Student's favorite school subject as reported in the base survey
- least_favorite_subject_survey1
Student's least favorite school subject as reported in the base survey
- feel_safe_survey1
Student response to the statement "I feel safe at school" as reported in the base survey
- expected_edu_survey1
Student's expected level of education after high school as reported in the base survey
- FYA_associate_survey1
Whether the student plans to pursue an associate degree in the first year after high school as reported in the base survey
- FYA_bachelor_survey1
Whether the student plans to pursue a bachelor's degree in the first year after high school as reported in the base survey
- FYA_military_survey1
Whether the student plans to join the military in the first year after high school as reported in the base survey
- FYA_job_survey1
Whether the student plans to work in a job in the first year after high school as reported in the base survey
- survey2_date
Date of the first follow-up
- enrollment_status_survey2
Student's enrollment status in the first follow-up
- absences_survey2
Number of absences reported in the six months prior to the first follow-up
- skipping_class_survey2
Number of times skipped class in the six months prior to the first follow-up
- survey3_date
Date of the second follow-up
- gpa_9th_survey3
GPA in 9th grade as reported in the second follow-up
- gpa_10th_survey3
GPA in 10th grade as reported in the second follow-up
- gpa_11th_survey3
GPA in 11th grade as reported in the second follow-up
- gpa_12th_survey3
GPA in 12th grade as reported in the second follow-up
- survey4_date
Date of the third follow-up
- postsecondary_sector_survey4
- postsecondary_edu_survey4
- postsecondary_emp_survey4