National Household Education Survey

Project

The National Household Education Survey (NHES) program provides descriptive data on the educational activities of the U.S. population. The surveys cover learning at all ages, from early childhood to school age through adulthood. AIR’s experts provide support for all aspects of the survey, including:

  • developing questionnaires;
  • assisting with sample design;
  • assisting with disclosure review analyses;
  • providing a quality review on data files;
  • producing data products and reports;
  • providing training staff;
  • developing incentives and informational materials; and
  • providing quick turnaround analysis.

Related Work

Father and daughter taking a survey at kitchen table
5 Aug 2019
In the Field

Four Ways AIR Experts Are Innovating Survey Methodology

A scientific, research-based survey is one of the most unbiased, methodical ways to collect and understand human behavior and opinion. With response rates on the decline, AIR researchers Michael Jackson and Cameron McPhee have conducted research exploring ways to predict survey response, including ways to boost participation among those least likely to respond, as a way to reduce non-responses. Here, they offer four takeaways from their work.
12 Apr 2019
Journal Article

Using Response Propensity Modeling to Allocate Noncontingent Incentives in an Address-Based Sample: Evidence from a National Experiment

Monetary incentives are frequently used to improve survey response rates. Using data from the 2016 National Household Education Survey, an address-based sample of U.S. households, this article evaluates an experiment in which the noncontingent incentive amount was determined by a household’s predicted response propensity.
2 Apr 2019
Report

Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Labor Underutilization

Educational attainment is negatively related to unemployment and to working part time involuntarily. The National Center for Education Statistics released a new Data Point report entitled Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Labor Underutilization. This report examines the relationship between educational attainment and the rates at which adults are unemployed or underemployed (working involuntarily part time or involuntarily in a temporary job).
14 Sep 2017
Report

Adult Education and Training: Results from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016

In 2016, more than one quarter of adults had a nondegree credential—including a postsecondary certificate, occupational license, or occupational certification—according to the latest results from the National Household Education Surveys. This report summarizes key findings from the 2016 Adult Training and Education Survey, which gathered nationally representative data on U.S. adults’ training and education as of 2016.
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