Skip to main content

​​​NAEP Technical DocumentationStratification for Midwest Non-Metropolitan Noncertainty Primary Sampling Units

The following table provides the definition, number of PSUs, and size of each noncertainty PSU stratum in the Midwest non-metropolitan primary stratum. Columns 2 and 3 show the primary and secondary characteristics used to define the strata along with their respective cutoffs. The size of each stratum is given in the last column and is in terms of the number of youths (persons 17 years of age and younger).

​​
Stratification for Midwest non-metropolitan noncertainty primary sampling units (PSUs), by stratum: 2022
StratumPrimary stratifierSecondary stratifierPSUsMeasure of size
Total2283,388,214
1Percentage of children below the poverty line <= 16.1Percentage of children below the poverty line <= 13.741573,682
2Percentage of children below the poverty line <= 16.1Percentage of children below the poverty line > 13.736580,649
3Percentage of children below the poverty line (16.1-20.7]Percentage of Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander youth <= 5.438556,318
4Percentage of children below the poverty line (16.1-20.7]Percentage of Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander youth > 5.437560,613
5Percentage of children below the poverty line > 20.7Percentage of children below the poverty line <= 2438553,089
6Percentage of children below the poverty line > 20.7Percentage of children below the poverty line > 2438563,863
Mean564,702
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2022 Long-Term Trend Assessment.


Last updated 18 July 2024 (SK)