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SESTAT 2000 Decade Design Options
Pages 15-19

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... The first eight rows show the population components covered in the current SESTAT sample by one of the past surveys. The next two rows address components of the target population that are currently not covered in SESTAT.
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From page 16...
... . NOTE: Acronyms: NSCG, National Survey of College Graduates; NSRCG, National Survey of Recent College Graduates; IPEDS, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
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... panel component nined Regular NSRCG Regular NSRCG Regular NSRCG SED SED SED 2000 postcensal 2000 postcensal 2000 postcensal foreign bachelors foreign bachelors foreign bachelors oversample oversample targeted subsample 2000 postcensal 2000 postcensal Optional 2000 2000 post-censal targeted subsample postcensal half sample targeted sample Current data Current data Current data only (CPS) only (CPS)
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... 2000 CENSUS FRAME OPTION: NEW NSCG SURVEY BASED ON 2000 CENSUS Under the 2000 census frame option, a replication of the 1990s design, the Census Bureau would conduct a postcensal survey in October 2003 based on the 2000 census. This survey would include persons who, in April 2000, had received at least a bachelor's degree, were 72 years of age or younger, were not institutionalized, and were living in the United States or overseas serving in the armed forces.
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... The subpopulations consisting of foreign-trained college graduates and those with non-S&E degrees who have moved into SHE occupations since April 1993 would be represented by this part ofthe total sample. The remaining portion ofthe sample would be derived from the existing SESTAT panel, which would be subsampled, bringing its size to (nominally)
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