National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES)

Access NHES Public Use Data through Direct Downloads

Data File User’s Manuals, codebooks, and public-use data files are linked below for download. They are organized by NHES collection year.

2019 Data Products

User’s Manual

NHES:2019 Data File User’s Manual (12.6 MB)

Data Files

Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP)

ECPP SAS file (5.8 MB)
ECPP SPSS file (5.2 MB)
ECPP Stata file (5.5 MB)
ECPP R file (4.9 MB)
ECPP ASCII file (5.6 MB)
ECPP CSV file (18.6 MB)
ECPP SAS public-use setup files (27 KB)
Includes SAS ASCII Read-In code, format, and label files.
Please note that the ASCII file is not included in this zip file.
NHES: 2019 ECPP Public-Use File Codebook (2.5 MB)

Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI)

PFI SAS file (13.7 MB)
PFI SPSS file (12.4 MB)
PFI Stata file (13.1 MB)
PFI R file (11.8 MB)
PFI ASCII file (13.4 MB)
PFI CSV file (51.3 MB)
PFI SAS public-use setup files (35 KB)
Includes SAS ASCII Read-In code, format, and label files.
Please note that the ASCII file is not included in this zip file.
NHES: 2019 PFI Public-Use File Codebook (3.6 MB)

2016 Data Products

User’s Manual

NHES:2016 Data File User’s Manual (14.4 MB)

Data Files

Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP)

ECPP SAS file (5.04 MB)
ECPP SPSS file (4.27 MB)
ECPP Stata file (4.12 MB)
ECPP R file (4.28 MB)
ECPP ASCII file (4.53 MB)
ECPP CSV file (15.1 MB)
ECPP SAS public-use setup files (26 KB)
Includes SAS ASCII Read-In code, format, and label files.
Please note that the ASCII file is not included in this zip file.
NHES: 2016 ECPP Public-Use File Codebook (1 MB)

Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI)

PFI SAS file (12.3 MB)
PFI SPSS file (10.5 MB)
PFI Stata file (10.1 MB)
PFI R file (10.5 MB)
PFI ASCII file (11.2 MB)
PFI CSV file (43.2 MB)
PFI SAS public-use setup files (31 KB)
Includes SAS ASCII Read-In code, format, and label files.
Please note that the ASCII file is not included in this zip file.
NHES: 2016 PFI Public-Use File Codebook (1.4 MB)

Adult Training and Education (ATES)

ATES SAS file (34 MB)
ATES SPSS file (31.5 MB)
ATES Stata file (30.2 MB)
ATES R file (31.3 MB)
ATES ASCII file (32.3 MB)
ATES CSV file (94.9 MB)
ATES SAS PU setup files (28 KB)
Includes SAS ASCII Read-In code, format, and label files.
Please note that the ASCII file is not included in this zip file.
NHES: 2016 ATES PUF Codebook (521 KB)
Derived Variables Documentation (292 KB)
Includes SAS code for derived variables used in the ATES First Look report.

NHES:2016 Restricted Use Geocode Files

List of Variables (281 KB)

2012 Data Products

Data Files

Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP)

Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI)

On August 13, 2015, NCES released an errata for the NHES Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI) data files released on May 6, 2015, describing an error in the response coding for four variables (P1SCINT , P1WRMTL, P2SCINT , P2WRMTL). That error has been corrected in these PFI files. For more details, see the errata posted here.

User’s Manual

NHES:2012 Data File User’s Manual (5.8 MB)
NHES:2012 ECPP Codebook (907 KB)
NHES:2012 PFI Codebook (992 KB)

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2007 Data Products

Data Files

2001–07 NHES CD-ROM with complete data files, manuals, and Electronic Codebook

School Readiness (SR)

SR data (1.12 MB)
SPSS setup file (170 KB)
SAS setup file (90 KB)
Stata setup file (44 KB)
Stata dictionary file (46 KB)

Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI)

PFI data (5.96 MB)
SPSS setup file (234 KB)
SAS setup file (118 KB)
Stata setup file (44 KB)
Stata dictionary file (46 KB)

User’s Manual

Volume I (616 KB)
Volume I, Appendix A, Questionnaires (363 KB)
Volume II, SR (362 KB)
SR Codebook (397 KB)
Volume III, PFI (444 KB)
PFI Codebook (488 KB)

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2005 Data Products

Data Files

2001–05 NHES CD-ROM with complete data files, manuals, and Electronic Codebook

Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP)

ECPP data (3.26 MB)
SPSS setup file (438 KB)
SAS setup file (156 KB)
Stata setup file (71 KB)
Stata dictionary file (88.9 KB)

After-School Programs and Activities (ASPA)

ASPA data (5.44 MB)
SPSS setup file (469 KB)
SAS setup file (170 KB)
Stata setup file (77.5 KB)
Stata dictionary file (96.1 KB)

Adult Education (AE)

AE data (4.36 MB)
SPSS setup file (286 KB)
SAS setup file (129 KB)
Stata setup file (61.8 KB)
Stata dictionary file (72.9 KB)

User’s Manual

Volume I (576 KB)
Volume I, Appendix A, Questionnaires (688 KB)
Volume II, ECPP (289 KB)
ECPP Codebook (744 KB)
Volume III, ASPA (309 KB)
ASPA Codebook (856 KB)
Volume IV, AE (537 KB)
AE Codebook (676 KB)

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2003 Data Products

Data Files

2001–05 NHES CD-ROM with complete data files, manuals, and Electronic Codebook

Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI)

PFI data (5.96 MB)
SPSS setup file (233 KB)
SAS setup file (117 KB)
Stata setup file (56.2 KB)
Stata dictionary file (59.9 KB)

Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons (AEWR)

AEWR data (6.08 MB)
SPSS setup file (262 KB)
SAS setup file (118 KB)
Stata setup file (59.4 KB)
Stata dictionary file (64 KB)

User’s Manual

Volume I (includes questionnaires)
Volume II, PFI
PFI Codebook (938 KB)
Volume III, AEWR
AEWR Codebook (1,052 KB)

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2001 Data Products

Data Files

2001–05 NHES CD-ROM with complete data files, manuals, and Electronic Codebook

Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP)

ECPP data (3.1 MB)
SPSS setup file (411 KB)
SAS setup file (159 KB)
Stata setup file (73 KB)
Stata dictionary file (89.5 KB)

Before- and After-School Programs and Activities (ASPA)

ASPA data ASCII zipped file (4.7 MB)
SPSS setup file (568 KB)
SAS setup file (230 KB)
Stata setup file (105 KB)
Stata dictionary file (131 KB)

Adult Education and Lifelong Learning (AELL)

AELL data (5.1 MB)
SPSS setup file (292 KB)
SAS setup file (141 KB)
Stata setup file (66 KB)
Stata dictionary file (82 KB)

User’s Manual

Volume I (includes questionnaires and errata)
Vol. II, ECPP manual
ECPP Codebook (1,320 KB)
Vol. III, ASPA manual
ASPA Codebook 1 (1,330 KB)
ASPA Codebook 2 (713 KB)
Vol. IV, AELL manual
AELL Codebook (1,254 KB)

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1999 Data Products

Data Files

Parent

Parent data (10.9 MB)
SPSS setup file (300 KB)
SAS setup file (114 KB)
Stata setup file (55 KB)
Stata dictionary file (57 KB)

Youth

Adult Education

AE data (3.0 MB)
SPSS setup file (161 KB)
SAS setup file (79 KB)
Stata setup file (43 KB)
Stata dictionary file (41 KB)

User’s Manual

Methodology Report, 1999

Revised 1999 data released (Nov. 2021)

The following information applies to you only if you have NHES:1999 Stata dictionary files that were downloaded or ordered before November 30, 2021 and merged either the public-use data files to the restricted-use files or to another NHES:1999 public-use file (e.g., merged the Parent public-use file to the Youth public-use file).

The NHES:1999 Stata dictionary files that were downloaded or shipped prior to November 30, 2021 contain a syntax error that has now been corrected; data users will need to rerun the read-in files to correct for the error. The affected variables are BASMID and ENUMID, for Parent-NHES:1999; Youth-NHES:1999; and AE-NHES:1999. No data elements nor Stata setup files have changed. To update these case identification variables in Stata, you will need to download the revised Stata dictionary files that are now available (files starting parent99rev.dct, youth99rev.dct, adult99rev.dct) and the corresponding ASCII data files and Stata setup files. These revised files will allow Stata users to merge the public-use data files to each other and to the restricted-use files.

Data users may need to edit the syntax in the set-up files so that the directories specified in the files match the directory structure and the location of data on the user’s computer. If you have any questions, please contact us.

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