Elementary and Secondary General Information System (ELSEGIS): Public School Universe Data, 1969-1970 Through 1972-1973 (ICPSR 2238)
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United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02238.v1
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This dataset contains records for each public elementary and secondary school in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Marshall Islands) for fall 1969 through fall 1972. The data provide information on the name, address, county, and district of the school, programs offered, and the number of pupils and teachers by organizational level of government control. School-by-school data were obtained through various procedures chosen by the state education agencies from options established by the National Center for Education Statistics.
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All public elementary and secondary education agencies in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and United States territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Marshall Islands).
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2000-08-28
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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
- U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY GENERAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (ELSEGIS): PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIVERSE DATA, 1969-1970 THROUGH 1972-1973. ICPSR version. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics [producer], 1973. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02238.v1
2000-08-28 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:
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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These data are freely available to data users at ICPSR member institutions. The curation and dissemination of this study are provided by the institutional members of ICPSR. How do I access ICPSR data if I am not at a member institution?