PUBLIC USE 2010 NATIONAL SURVEY OF COLLEGE GRADUATES DATA FILES
This download file contains data and related documentation for the public
use 2010 National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG) data files.
The data included in this download file is taken from the March 9, 2015 version of the NSCG data maintained at NSF.
DESCRIPTION OF FILES
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The microdata are provided in various formats to facilitate their use with many software packages.
The principal data format that is supported by NSF is SAS. Technical support by NSF is limited to
the data files and the SAS programs listed here. NSF does not provide support to users of SPSS or
other packages, as SPSS and these other packages are not available at the agency.
Data and Programs
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EPCG10.XPT - 2010 SESTAT data (Survey of College Graduates) in SAS XPORT format
EPCG10.DAT - 2010 SESTAT data (Survey of College Graduates) in ASCII format
EPCG10.sas7bdat - 2010 SESTAT data (Survey of College Graduates) in SAS for Windows format
FPCG10.SAS - a text file containing SAS FORMAT assignment statements
LPCG10.SAS - a text file containing SAS LABEL assignment statements
PPCG10.SAS - a text file containing SAS PROC FORMAT statements
LdPCG10.SPS - a text file containing SPSS syntax for loading EPCG10.DAT (ASCII data) into SPSS
NOTE: Technical support for SPSS users is not provided by NSF. The validity of this file
has not been verified by NSF, as SPSS is not available at the agency.
LAYOUTPCG10.TXT - Input Layout for ECG10.DAT
Documentation and Related Files
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NSCG_SD_2010.pdf - Survey description
2010_NSCG_New_Cohort_User_Annotated.pdf - Survey instrument for the 2010 NSCG new sample cases
2010_NSCG_Old_Cohort_User_Annotated.pdf - Survey instrument for the 2010 NSCG returning sample cases
PPCG10.PDF - Summary documentation in Adobe PDF format.
DPCG10.XLS - Data Dictionary Source/SAS name cross-walk file (EXCEL97 spreadsheet format)
README.TXT - this read me file
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If you have any problems opening, accessing or loading these files, please contact:
John M. Finamore
National Science Foundation
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 965
Arlington, VA 22230
703-292-2258 [phone]
703-292-9092 [fax]
jfinamor@nsf.gov
25-Jan-2017 10:57:43