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STUDY QUESTIONS 3
1. WERE THERE DIFFERENCES IN DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN BEGINNING PUBLIC 2-YEAR STUDENTS AND OTHER BEGINNING COLLEGE STUDENTS IN 2011-12? WERE THERE DIFFERENCES IN... 4
2. AMONG 2011-12 BEGINNING PUBLIC 2-YEAR STUDENTS WHO ENTERED POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION 12 OR MORE MONTHS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, WAS EMPLOYMENT PRIOR... 8
3. AMONG 2011-12 BEGINNING PUBLIC 2-YEAR STUDENTS, WAS EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND INTENSITY IN 2011-12 RELATED TO ENROLLMENT INTENSITY DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE, EMPLOYMENT... 11
4. AMONG 2011-12 BEGINNING PUBLIC 2-YEAR STUDENTS WHO HAD LEFT POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION WITH OR WITHOUT A CREDENTIAL AND WERE NOT ENROLLED IN 2014, WAS 2011-12... 15
TECHNICAL NOTES 19
REFERENCES 25
APPENDIX A. DATA TABLES 26
APPENDIX B. STANDARD ERROR TABLES 30
TABLE 1. DEMOGRAPHICS OF BEGINNING POSTSECONDARY STUDENTS 4
TABLE 2. EMPLOYMENT OF BEGINNING PUBLIC 2-YEAR STUDENTS BY DEMOGRAPHICS 5
TABLE 3. EMPLOYMENT OF BEGINNING PUBLIC 2-YEAR STUDENTS BY DEGREE PROGRAM AND FIELD OF STUDY 7
TABLE 4. POST-ENROLLMENT EMPLOYMENT 15
FIGURE 1. EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT 8
FIGURE 2. OCCUPATION BEFORE ENROLLMENT 9
FIGURE 3. CONTINUING PRIOR EMPLOYMENT 10
FIGURE 4. ENROLLMENT BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND INTENSITY 11
FIGURE 5. EMPLOYMENT WHILE ENROLLED IN 2013-14 12
FIGURE 6. HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION EXPECTED BY EMPLOYMENT STATU AND INTENSITY 13
FIGURE 7. DEGREE ATTAINMENT AND PERSISTENCE BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND INTENSITY 14
FIGURE 8. POST-ENROLLMENT SALARY BY EMPLOYMENT WHILE ENROLLED 16
FIGURE 9. JOB RELATED TO COLLEGE STUDIES 17
Exhibits
EXHIBIT 1. SELECTED STATISTICS ON BPS:12/14 DATA COLLECTIONS 19
EXHIBIT 2. SUMMARY OF NONRESPONSE BIAS ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRE- AND POST-STRATIFICATION ESTIMATES USING PANEL WEIGHT, BY FIRST INSTITUTION CONTROL AND LEVEL: 2012 22
EXHIBIT 3. RESULTS OF ANALYSES TO ASSESS NONRESPONSE BIAS AMONG PUBLIC 2-YEAR STUDENT SAMPLE MEMBERS 23
TABLE A-1. ESTIMATES FOR FIGURE 1: EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT 26
TABLE A-2. ESTIMATES FOR FIGURE 2: OCCUPATION BEFORE ENROLLMENT 26
TABLE A-3. ESTIMATES FOR FIGURE 3: CONTINUING PRIOR EMPLOYMENT 27
TABLE A-4. ESTIMATES FOR FIGURE 4: ENROLLMENT BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND INTENSITY 27
TABLE A-5. ESTIMATES FOR FIGURE 5: EMPLOYMENT WHILE ENROLLED IN 2013-14 28
TABLE A-6. ESTIMATES FOR FIGURE 6: HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION EXPECTED BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND INTENSITY 28
TABLE A-7. ESTIMATES FOR FIGURE 7: DEGREE ATTAINMENT AND PERSISTENCE BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND INTENSITY 29
TABLE A-8. ESTIMATES FOR FIGURE 8: POST-ENROLLMENT SALARY BY EMPLOYMENT WHILE ENROLLED 29
TABLE A-9. ESTIMATES FOR FIGURE 9: JOB RELATED TO COLLEGE STUDIES 29
TABLE B-1. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-1 AND FIGURE 1: EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT 30
TABLE B-2. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-2 AND FIGURE 2: OCCUPATION BEFORE ENROLLMENT 30
TABLE B-3. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-3 AND FIGURE 3: CONTINUING PRIOR EMPLOYMENT 30
TABLE B-4. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-4 AND FIGURE 4: ENROLLMENT BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND INTENSITY 31
TABLE B-5. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-5 AND FIGURE 5: EMPLOYMENT WHILE ENROLLED IN 2013-14 31
TABLE B-6. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-6 AND FIGURE 6: HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION EXPECTED BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND INTENSITY 32
TABLE B-7. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-7 AND FIGURE 7: DEGREE ATTAINMENT AND PERSISTENCE BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND INTENSIT 32
TABLE B-8. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-8 AND FIGURE 8: POST-ENROLLMENT SALARY BY EMPLOYMENT WHILE ENROLLED 32
TABLE B-9. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE A-9 AND FIGURE 9: JOB RELATED TO COLLEGE STUDIES 33
TABLE B-10. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE 1. DEMOGRAPHICS OF BEGINNING POSTSECONDARY STUDENTS 33
TABLE B-11. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE 2: EMPLOYMENT OF BEGINNING PUBLIC 2-YEAR STUDENTS BY DEMOGRAPHICS 34
TABLE B-12. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE 3: EMPLOYMENT OF BEGINNING PUBLIC 2-YEAR STUDENTS BY DEGREE PROGRAM AND FIELD OF STUDY 35
TABLE B-13. STANDARD ERRORS FOR TABLE 4: POST-ENROLLMENT EMPLOYMENT 35