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National Household Education Surveys Program, 2003
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The National Household Education Survey, 2003 Adult Education for Work-Related Seasons (AEWR-NHES:2003) is a study that is part of the National Household Education Survey (NHES) program; program data are available since 1991 at https://nces.ed.gov/nhes/dataproducts.asp. AEWR-NHES:2003 (https://nces.ed.gov/nhes/) is a cross-sectional survey that collects data directly from households on educational issues. This study was conducted using an address based sample of self-administered questionnaires of households. Households in 2003 were sampled. The study’s response rate was 64.7 percent. Key statistics produced from AEWR-NHES:2003 are participation in adult and continuing education.
Detailed Methodology
The AEWR-NHES:2003 file contains data from interviews with 12,725 adult respondents aged 16 or older who were not enrolled in grade 12 or below, not institutionalized, and not on active duty in the U.S armed forces. Additional details on sample design can be found here in the NHES 2003 Data User's Manual: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004101.pdf
Data were collected through Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) using a random-digit dialing sampling frame. Additional information about data collection methods can be found here: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004101.pdf