National Household Education Survey, 1996

The National Household Education Survey (NHES) series reports information on the condition of education in the United States by collecting data at the household level rather than using a traditional school-based data collection system. The surveys attempt to address many current issues in education, such as preprimary education, school safety and discipline, adult education, and activities related to citizenship. This survey included two topical survey components: Parent/Family Involvement in Education (PFI) and Adult and Youth Civic Involvement (CI). The PFI component, which elicited information from parents and children aged 3 years through grade 12, focused on four areas: types and frequency of family involvement in children's schools, communication with teachers or other school personnel, children's homework and behavior, and learning activities with children outside of school. Other information collected for this component pertained to student experiences at school, children's personal and demographic characteristics, household characteristics, and children's health and disability status. The PFI information is provided in Part 1, Parent and Family Involvement in Education and Civic Involvement -- Parent Data. The CI component of the survey gathered information on civic participation, sources of information about government issues, and knowledge and attitudes about government. Items were administered to youths in grades 6 through 12 (Part 2, Youth Civic Involvement Data) and their parents, as well as to a representative sample of United States adults (Part 3, Adult Civic Involvement Data). The CI component also addressed opportunities for youth to develop personal responsibility and skills that would facilitate their taking an active role in civic life. CI questions were also asked of the parents surveyed in the PFI component, and these data also can be found in Part 1. In addition to the two major topical components, a screener component of the survey collected demographic and educational information on all members in every household contacted, regardless of whether anyone in the household was selected for an extended interview. (The term "extended interview" refers to the interviews completed in the topical components of the study, i.e., the Parent PFI/CI, the Youth CI, or the Adult CI interviews.) Items on the use of public libraries by the household were also administered in the screener portion for households without Parent PFI/CI extended interviews and in the first Parent PFI/CI interview in households in which one or more children were sampled. These data are presented in Part 4, Household and Library Data.

全国家庭教育调查（National Household Education Survey, NHES）系列通过以家庭为单位采集数据，而非采用传统的校内数据采集体系，报告美国教育现状相关信息。该调查旨在探讨当前教育领域的诸多热点议题，涵盖学前教育、校园安全与纪律、成人教育以及与公民身份相关的各类活动。本次调查包含两个核心主题模块：家庭教育中的家长/家庭参与（Parent/Family Involvement in Education, PFI）以及成人与青年公民参与（Adult and Youth Civic Involvement, CI）。PFI模块面向3岁至12年级的儿童及其家长采集信息，聚焦四大维度：家庭参与子女校园活动的类型与频次、与教师或其他校方人员的沟通情况、子女的作业完成与行为表现，以及校外与子女共同开展的学习活动。该模块同时采集的其他信息包括学生在校经历、儿童个人与人口统计学特征、家庭特征，以及儿童的健康与残疾状况。PFI模块的相关数据收录于第一部分：《家庭教育与公民参与中的家长/家庭参与——家长数据集》。本次调查的CI模块围绕公民参与、政府议题信息来源以及对政府的认知与态度展开数据采集。调查对象涵盖6至12年级的青年（对应第二部分《青年公民参与数据集》）及其家长，同时包含美国成年人群的代表性样本（对应第三部分《成人公民参与数据集》）。CI模块同时关注青年培养个人责任感与相关技能的机会，这些能力将助力青年积极参与公民生活。参与PFI模块调研的家长同样会被问及CI相关问题，此类数据同样收录于第一部分。除两大核心主题模块外，本次调查还设置了筛选模块，用于采集所有受访家庭中全体成员的人口统计学与教育相关信息，无论该家庭中是否有成员被选中参与深度访谈。（“深度访谈”指本研究主题模块中完成的访谈，即家长PFI/CI访谈、青年CI访谈或成人CI访谈。）针对未参与家长PFI/CI深度访谈的家庭，筛选模块中会采集其家庭公共图书馆使用情况相关问题；对于抽取了一名及以上儿童的家庭，则会在首次家长PFI/CI访谈中采集此类信息。此类数据收录于第四部分《家庭与图书馆数据集》。