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Private School Universe Survey, 1991-92

Metadata Updated: August 13, 2023

The 1991-92 Private School Universe Survey (PSS 1991-92) is a study that is part of the Private School Universe program; program data is available since 1989-1990 at . PSS 1991-92 (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/) is a cross-sectional survey that collects data on private elementary and secondary schools, including religious orientation, level of school, length of school year, length of school day, total enrollment (K-12), race/ethnicity of students, number of high school graduates, number of teachers employed, program emphasis, and existence and type of kindergarten program. The study was conducted using mail questionnaires and telephone follow-up of all private schools in the United States. The PSS includes both schools with a religious orientation (e.g., Catholic, Lutheran, or Jewish) and nonsectarian schools with programs ranging from regular to special emphasis and special education. Key statistics produced from PSS 1991-92 are on the number of religiously affiliated schools, the number of private high school graduates, and the number of private school students and teachers.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

Downloads & Resources

References

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs94/94350.pdf
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/zip/LAYOUT_9192.zip
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/pdf/quest_9192.pdf

Dates

Metadata Created Date August 13, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 13, 2023
Data Update Frequency R/P2Y

Metadata Source

Harvested from Education JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date August 13, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 13, 2023
Publisher National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
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Data First Published 2007-01-31
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2023-06-22T19:46:55.062187
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency R/P2Y
Bureau Code 018:50
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License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Old Spatial United States
Program Code 018:000
Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department of Education > Office of the Secretary (OS) > Institute of Education Sciences (IES) > National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Related Documents https://nces.ed.gov/pubs94/94350.pdf, https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/zip/LAYOUT_9192.zip, https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/pdf/quest_9192.pdf
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Temporal 1991/1992

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