| """Column descriptions (with the NCES source variable) used to write data_dictionary.csv and the Kaggle schemas.""" |
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| COMMON = { |
| 'survey_year': 'NHES survey year (2016 or 2019)', |
| 'child_age': "Child's age in years on December 31 of the year before the survey (NCES AGE2015 / AGE2018)", |
| 'child_sex': "Child's sex (CSEX)", |
| 'child_race_ethnicity': "Child's race and ethnicity in 4 groups (RACEETHN 2016, RACEETH 2019, Asian, Pacific Islander and other or multiple races combined)", |
| 'census_region': 'Census region of residence (CENREG)', |
| 'locale': 'NCES 12-category locale of the ZIP code (ZIPLOCL)', |
| 'locale_group': 'City, Suburb, Town or Rural', |
| 'parent_education': "Highest education of the child's parents or guardians (PARGRADEX)", |
| 'household_income': 'Total household income in 10 groups, the 2019 top groups combined into $150,001 or more (TTLHHINC)', |
| 'household_income_detail': 'Household income with the 2019 groups above $150,000 kept (TTLHHINC)', |
| 'family_type': 'Parents and siblings in the household (FAMILY16X / FAMILY19X)', |
| 'parents_in_household': 'Two parents, mother only, father only or nonparent guardians (HHPARN16X / HHPARN19X)', |
| 'parent1_work_status': 'Work status of the first parent or guardian (PAR1EMPL)', |
| 'home_language': 'Language the parents learned first or speak at home (LANGUAGEX)', |
| 'final_weight': 'NCES final weight. Use it for national estimates and the replicate weights for standard errors (FEWT / FPWT)', |
| } |
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| ECPP = { |
| 'child_id': 'NCES child identifier (BASMID), unique within a survey year', |
| 'any_care_arrangement': 'Child has any care arrangement or program, weekly or not (ANYCAREX)', |
| 'weekly_care': 'Child has at least one nonparental care arrangement scheduled at least once a week (RCWEEK, NCWEEK or CPWEEKX). This is the NCES headline measure', |
| 'weekly_relative_care': 'Weekly care by a relative other than a parent (RCWEEK)', |
| 'weekly_nonrelative_care': 'Weekly care by a nonrelative in a private home (NCWEEK)', |
| 'weekly_center_program': 'Weekly attendance at a day care center, preschool or prekindergarten (CPWEEKX)', |
| 'main_arrangement': 'Arrangement where the child spends the most hours each week (MOSTHRSX)', |
| 'relative_care': 'Child now receives regular care from a relative (RCNOW)', |
| 'nonrelative_care': 'Child now receives care from a nonrelative in a private home (NCNOW)', |
| 'center_program': 'Child now attends a center-based program, not in a private home (CPNNOWX)', |
| 'relative_care_hours': 'Hours a week in relative care (RCHRS)', |
| 'nonrelative_care_hours': 'Hours a week in nonrelative care (NCHRS)', |
| 'center_hours': 'Hours a week in the center-based program (CPHRS)', |
| 'total_care_hours': 'Total hours a week in all nonparental arrangements (CAREHOURX)', |
| 'center_days': 'Days a week in the center-based program (CPDAYS)', |
| 'center_type_2016': 'Kind of center program, 2016 only: day care, preschool or prekindergarten (CPTYPE)', |
| 'center_head_start': 'The center program is Head Start or Early Head Start (CPHEADST)', |
| 'ever_head_start': 'Child ever attended Head Start or Early Head Start (PCEVRHDX)', |
| 'center_location': 'Where the center program is located (CPPLACEX)', |
| 'center_at_parent_workplace': "The program is at a parent's workplace (CPWORK)", |
| 'center_run_by_religious_group_2016': 'The program is run by a religious group, 2016 wording (CPSPRLG)', |
| 'center_teaches_religion_2019': 'The program teaches religious content, 2019 wording of the same item (CPSPRLG)', |
| 'center_cost_amount': 'Amount the household pays for the center program, in current dollars (CPCOST)', |
| 'center_cost_unit': 'Period the amount covers: hour, day, week, every 2 weeks, month, year or other (CPUNIT)', |
| 'center_cost_children_covered': 'Number of children in the household the amount covers (CPCSTHNX)', |
| 'center_cost_weekly_per_child': 'Derived weekly cost per child in USD: amount converted to a week with the hours or days reported, divided by the children covered. 0 means free, empty means unknown or other period', |
| 'relative_cost_amount': 'Amount the household pays for relative care (RCCOST)', |
| 'relative_cost_unit': 'Period the amount covers (RCUNIT)', |
| 'relative_cost_children_covered': 'Number of children the amount covers (RCCSTHNX)', |
| 'relative_cost_weekly_per_child': 'Derived weekly cost per child in USD for relative care', |
| 'nonrelative_cost_amount': 'Amount the household pays for nonrelative care (NCCOST)', |
| 'nonrelative_cost_unit': 'Period the amount covers (NCUNIT)', |
| 'nonrelative_cost_children_covered': 'Number of children the amount covers (NCCSTHNX)', |
| 'nonrelative_cost_weekly_per_child': 'Derived weekly cost per child in USD for nonrelative care', |
| 'good_choices_available': 'Parent feels there are good choices for child care where they live (PPCHOIC)', |
| 'difficulty_finding_care': 'Difficulty finding care, including "did not look for care" (PPDIFCLT, with CRSRCH in 2019)', |
| 'main_difficulty': 'Main reason finding care was difficult (WHYDIFCLT)', |
| 'main_reason_for_care': 'Main reason for having care or a program (MAINRESN, codes mapped by label)', |
| 'importance_location': 'Importance of location when choosing the main arrangement (DCLOA)', |
| 'importance_cost': 'Importance of cost (DCOST)', |
| 'importance_reliability': 'Importance of reliability (DRELY)', |
| 'importance_learning_activities': 'Importance of learning activities (DLERN)', |
| 'importance_time_with_other_children': 'Importance of time with other children (DCHIL)', |
| 'importance_caregiver_availability': 'Importance of the caregiver being available when needed (DHROP)', |
| 'importance_group_size': 'Importance of the number of children in the group (DNBGRP)', |
| 'importance_website_ratings': 'Importance of ratings on websites, "Not available" was added in 2019 (DRTWEB)', |
| 'importance_recommendations': 'Importance of recommendations from family and friends, "Not available" added in 2019 (DRECFAM)', |
| 'importance_religious_orientation': 'Importance of religious orientation (DRELOR)', |
| 'importance_staff_qualifications': 'Importance of staff qualifications, asked in 2019 only (DQUAL)', |
| 'times_read_to_past_week': 'Times a family member read to the child in the past week, top-coded at 20 as in 2019 (FOREADTOX)', |
| 'told_story_past_week': 'Times told a story in the past week (FOSTORYX)', |
| 'taught_letters_words_numbers_past_week': 'Times taught letters, words or numbers in the past week (FOWORDSX)', |
| 'sang_songs_past_week': 'Times sang songs with the child in the past week (FOSANG)', |
| 'arts_and_crafts_past_week': 'Times did arts and crafts with the child in the past week (FOCRAFTSX)', |
| 'family_dinners_past_week': 'Days the family ate the evening meal together in the past week (FODINNERX)', |
| 'library_visit_past_month': 'Visited a library with the child in the past month (FOLIBRAY)', |
| 'bookstore_visit_past_month': 'Visited a bookstore with the child in the past month (FOBOOKST)', |
| 'books_owned': 'Number of books the child has, including shared ones (HABOOKS)', |
| 'recognizes_letters': 'Child recognizes the letters of the alphabet, asked for children 3 and older (DPLETTER)', |
| 'counts_up_to': 'How high the child can count, children 3 and older (DPCOUNT)', |
| 'writes_first_name': 'Child can write their first name, children 3 and older (DPNAME)', |
| } |
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| PFI = { |
| 'student_id': 'NCES student identifier (BASMID), unique within a survey year', |
| 'grade': 'Grade or grade equivalent, kindergarten to grade 12 (ALLGRADEX)', |
| 'homeschooled': 'Homeschooled under the NCES definition: homeschooled for all classes, or part time while enrolled in school 25 hours a week or less (2016) or 24 hours or less (2019), excluding homeschooling only for a temporary illness', |
| 'homeschool_arrangement': 'Full time or part time homeschooling (HMSCHLX 2016, HMSCHARR with SCHLHRSWK 2019)', |
| 'schooling_type': 'Derived type of schooling: public assigned, public chosen, public charter, private Catholic, private other religious, private nonreligious, homeschooled', |
| 'schooling_group': 'Public, Private, Homeschooled or Other or unknown', |
| 'moved_to_attend_school': 'The family moved to its neighborhood so the child could attend the school (SNEIGHBRX)', |
| 'district_allows_choice': 'The district lets parents choose a public school (SPUBCHOIX)', |
| 'considered_other_schools': 'Parents considered other schools (SCONSIDR)', |
| 'school_is_first_choice': "The school is the parents' first choice (S1STCHOI)", |
| 'satisfaction_school': 'Satisfaction with the school (FCSCHOOL)', |
| 'satisfaction_teachers': 'Satisfaction with the teachers (FCTEACHR)', |
| 'satisfaction_academic_standards': 'Satisfaction with academic standards (FCSTDS)', |
| 'satisfaction_discipline': 'Satisfaction with order and discipline (FCORDER)', |
| 'satisfaction_staff_parent_interaction': 'Satisfaction with the way staff interact with parents (FCSUPPRT)', |
| 'child_enjoys_school': 'My child enjoys school (SEENJOY)', |
| 'child_grades': "Child's grades across subjects (SEGRADES)", |
| 'repeated_a_grade': 'Child has repeated a grade (SEREPEAT)', |
| 'homework_hours_week': 'Hours a week spent on homework (FHWKHRS)', |
| 'parent_attended_school_event': 'A parent attended a school or class event this school year (FSSPORTX)', |
| 'parent_volunteered': 'A parent served as a volunteer (FSVOL)', |
| 'parent_attended_general_meeting': 'A parent attended a general school meeting (FSMTNG)', |
| 'parent_attended_pto_meeting': 'A parent attended a PTO or PTA meeting (FSPTMTNG)', |
| 'parent_attended_parent_teacher_conference': 'A parent attended a parent-teacher conference (FSATCNFN)', |
| 'parent_fundraising': 'A parent took part in fundraising (FSFUNDRS)', |
| 'parent_served_on_committee': 'A parent served on a school committee (FSCOMMTE)', |
| 'expected_education': "Parents' expectation for the child's education (SEFUTUREX, HSFUTUREX for 2016 homeschoolers)", |
| 'homeschool_reason_school_environment': 'Homeschool reason, concern about the environment of other schools (HSSAFETYX)', |
| 'homeschool_reason_dissatisfied_with_instruction': 'Homeschool reason, dissatisfaction with academic instruction (HSDISSATX)', |
| 'homeschool_reason_religious_instruction': 'Homeschool reason, religious instruction (HSRELGON)', |
| 'homeschool_reason_moral_instruction': 'Homeschool reason, moral instruction (HSMORAL)', |
| 'homeschool_reason_health_problem': 'Homeschool reason, physical or mental health problem (HSDISABLX)', |
| 'homeschool_reason_temporary_illness': 'Homeschool reason, temporary illness (HSILLX)', |
| 'homeschool_reason_special_needs': 'Homeschool reason, other special needs (HSSPCLNDX)', |
| 'homeschool_reason_nontraditional_approach': "Homeschool reason, a nontraditional approach to the child's education (HSALTX)", |
| 'homeschool_reason_family_life_2019': 'Homeschool reason, emphasis on family life together, 2019 only (HSFMLY)', |
| 'homeschool_reason_bullying_2019': 'Homeschool reason, bullying, 2019 only (HSBULLY)', |
| 'homeschool_reason_other': 'Homeschool reason, other (HSOTHERX)', |
| 'homeschool_most_important_reason': 'Most important reason for homeschooling (HSMOSTX, mapped by label)', |
| 'homeschool_teaching_style': 'Formal curriculum or informal learning (HSSTYL)', |
| 'homeschool_coop_instruction': 'Some instruction comes from a homeschool group or co-op (HSCOOP)', |
| 'homeschool_organization_member': 'Member of a homeschool organization (HSNATL)', |
| 'homeschool_online_instruction': 'Some homeschool instruction is online (HSINTNET)', |
| 'homeschool_online_share_2019': 'Share of courses taken online, 2019 only (HSINTNET)', |
| } |
| for k, lab in [('safety', 'safety'), ('convenient_location', 'convenient location'), ('staff_quality', 'quality of teachers and staff'), |
| ('academic_performance', 'academic performance'), ('class_size', 'number of students in classes'), ('cost', 'cost'), |
| ('religious_orientation', 'religious orientation'), ('curriculum_focus', 'curriculum focus or courses'), |
| ('extracurriculars', 'extracurricular options'), ('student_body', 'student body characteristics'), |
| ('special_education', 'special education services'), ('special_facilities', 'special facilities')]: |
| PFI[f'choice_reason_{k}_2019'] = f'Importance of {lab} when choosing the school, asked in 2019 of parents who chose' |
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| PREK = { |
| 'fall_year': 'Fall of the school year (fall 2022 = school year 2022-23)', |
| 'state': 'State name, or United States', |
| 'state_abbr': 'Two-letter postal code (US for the national total)', |
| 'total_all_grades': 'Public school enrollment, all grades including ungraded', |
| 'prekindergarten': 'Public prekindergarten enrollment', |
| 'kindergarten': 'Public kindergarten enrollment', |
| 'source_note': 'NCES footnote on the pre-K or kindergarten figure (for example imputed values)', |
| 'source_table': 'Digest of Education Statistics edition and table the figures come from', |
| 'prek_per_100_kindergartners': 'Public pre-K students for every 100 public kindergartners', |
| 'prek_share_of_enrollment_pct': 'Pre-K as a percent of all public school enrollment', |
| 'prek_change_since_2012_pct': 'Percent change in public pre-K enrollment since fall 2012', |
| 'year': 'Survey year of the American Community Survey', |
| 'age_group': 'Age group covered', |
| 'percent_enrolled_in_school': 'Percent of 3- to 5-year-olds enrolled in school (preschool, nursery school, kindergarten or higher)', |
| 'standard_error': 'Standard error of the percent', |
| } |
| for i in range(1, 13): PREK[f'grade_{i}'] = f'Public enrollment in grade {i}' |
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| SUMMARY = { |
| 'percent': 'Weighted percent', 'standard_error': 'Jackknife standard error (80 JK1 replicate weights)', |
| 'sample_size': 'Unweighted number of sampled children or students behind the estimate', 'group': 'Population group', |
| 'indicator': 'What is measured', 'main_arrangement': 'Main weekly arrangement', 'factor': 'Factor parents rate', 'column': 'Column in the main file', |
| 'percent_very_important': 'Weighted percent rating it very important', 'arrangement': 'Type of care', |
| 'mean_weekly_cost_per_child_usd': 'Weighted mean weekly cost per child in current USD, families who pay', |
| 'median_weekly_cost_per_child_usd': 'Weighted median weekly cost per child, families who pay', |
| 'percent_paying_nothing': 'Weighted percent of families in that arrangement who pay nothing', 'sample_size_paying': 'Unweighted families who pay', |
| 'activity': 'Activity', 'percent_of_children_age_3_to_5': 'Weighted percent of children aged 3 to 5 not yet in kindergarten', |
| 'percent_in_weekly_center_program_age_3_to_5': 'Weighted percent of children aged 3 to 5 in a weekly center-based program', |
| 'schooling_type': 'Type of schooling', 'percent_of_students_age_5_to_17': 'Weighted percent of students aged 5 to 17', |
| 'characteristic': 'Characteristic the group belongs to', 'percent_homeschooled': 'Weighted percent homeschooled', |
| 'homeschooled_thousands': 'Weighted number of homeschooled students, thousands', 'measure': 'Kind of measure', 'category': 'Category', |
| 'percent_of_homeschooled_students': 'Weighted percent of homeschooled students', 'aspect': 'Aspect of the school', |
| 'percent_very_satisfied': 'Weighted percent of parents very satisfied', 'reason': 'Reason for choosing the school', |
| 'schooling_group': 'Public, private or all enrolled students', 'percent_of_parents': 'Weighted percent of parents who did the activity', |
| } |
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