National Survey of Private Schools, 1985-1986

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics

Summary: For this survey, a nationally representative sample of 1,700 private schools was drawn from a list of private schools in existence in 1983 in 75 areas of the country. Data were collected by mail and telephone from the principals of the sampled schools. Information was gathered on: religious orientation of the school, enrollment, grade span, staff size, tuition, programs offered, and years of operation. Additional information on existence of advanced placement (AP) programs, number of stud... (more info)

Series: Private School Survey (PSS) Series

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U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. NATIONAL SURVEY OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS, 1985-1986. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics [producer], 1986. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR02396.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02396.v1

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Summary: For this survey, a nationally representative sample of 1,700 private schools was drawn from a list of private schools in existence in 1983 in 75 areas of the country. Data were collected by mail and telephone from the principals of the sampled schools. Information was gathered on: religious orientation of the school, enrollment, grade span, staff size, tuition, programs offered, and years of operation. Additional information on existence of advanced placement (AP) programs, number of students enrolled in 12th-grade classes and number of students graduated from among them, and SAT test score results for seniors was collected from secondary schools.

Subject Terms: curriculum, elementary education, high school graduates, private schools, religious affiliation, religious schools, school enrollments, secondary education, students, teachers, tuition and fees

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period:

1985--1986

Date of Collection:

1985--1986

Universe: Private schools in the United States in existence in 1983.

Data Types: survey data

Data Collection Notes:

The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.

Sample: A sample of 1,700 private schools was drawn in 1985 from a list of schools in existence in 1983 in 75 primary sampling units (PSUs). To be included in the study, a school must have met the following criteria: it was privately administered, offered instruction at or above the first grade, had a school day of at least four hours, was in session 160 days or more per year, and was not located in a private home used as a residence.

Data Source:

mail surveys and telephone interviews

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: