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

The following table provides the definition, number of PSUs, and size of each noncertainty PSU stratum in the West non-metropolitan primary stratum. Columns 2 and 3 show the primary and secondary characteristics, respectively, 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 (person 17 years of age and younger).

Stratification for West non-metropolitan noncertainty primary sampling units (PSUs), by stratum: 2022
StratumPrimary stratifierSecondary stratifierPSUsMeasure of size
Total1031,657,582
1Percentage of female-headed households <= 9.7Percentage of Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander youth <= 1227422,853
2Percentage of female-headed households <= 9.7Percentage of Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander youth > 1228403,074
3Percentage of female-headed households > 9.7Percentage of female-headed households <= 11.926414,689
4Percentage of female-headed households > 9.7Percentage of female-headed households > 11.922416,966
Mean414,396
† 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)