Report Technical/Methodological Report

Issues Related to Estimating the Home-Schooled Population in the United States with National Household Survey Data

NCES
Author(s):
Robin Henke, Phillip Kaufman, Stephen Broughman, and Kathryn Chandler
Publication date:
October 2000
Survey areas:
CPS - Current Population Survey
Publication number:
NCES 2000311

Summary

This report compares two studies that have yielded disparate estimates of the rate of home schooling in the United States. The analysis focuses on the methodology used in the 1996 National Household Education Survey and the 1994 Current Population Survey, with particular emphasis on potential sources of error in estimating the home-schooled population.

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K-12 Education

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