. "SESTAT 2000 Decade Design Options." Improving the Design of the Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT) . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003.
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TABLE 3-1 Current SESTAT Design and Decade 2000 SESTAT Design Options
Current SESTAT Design
Population Group
Original Survey
Current Frame
Pre-1990 bachelor’s and master’s
NSCG
1993
1990
postcensal followup
1991-1992 bachelor’s and master’s
NSRCG
1993
IPEDS- based
1993-1994 bachelor’s and master’s
NSRCG
1995
IPEDS- based
1995-1996 bachelor’s and master’s
NSRCG
1997
IPEDS- based
1997-1998 bachelor’s and master’s
NSRCG
1999
IPEDS- based
1999-2000 bachelor’s and master’s
NSRCG
2001
IPEDS- based
2001-2002 bachelor’s and master’s
NSRCG
2003
To be determined
Doctorates
SDR
SED
Post 1990 census foreign degrees
None
None
Post 1990 census non-S&E degrees working in S&E
None
None
Degrees lower than bachelors
None
None
SOURCE: Westat (2002a: Exhibit 3-1).
NOTE: Acronyms: NSCG, National Survey of College Graduates; NSRCG, National Survey of Recent College Graduates; IPEDS, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System; SDR, Survey of Doctorate Recipients; SED, Survey of Earned Doctorates; CPS, Current Population Survey
