PUBLIC USE 2015 NATIONAL SURVEY OF COLLEGE GRADUATES DATA FILES This download file contains data and related documentation for the public use 2015 National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG) data files. The data included in this download file is taken from the October 01, 2021 version of the NSCG data maintained at NSF. DESCRIPTION OF FILES -------------------- Data and Programs ----------------- 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. epcg15.xpt - 2015 NSCG data in SAS XPORT format EPCG15.DAT - 2015 NSCG data in ASCII format epcg15.sas7bdat - 2015 NSCG data in SAS for Windows format Fpcg15.sas - a text file containing SAS FORMAT assignment statements Lpcg15.sas - a text file containing SAS LABEL assignment statements Ppcg15.sas - a text file containing SAS PROC FORMAT statements Ldpcg15.sps - a text file containing SPSS syntax for loading EPCG15.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. LAYOUTPCG15.TXT - Input Layout for EPCG15.DAT Documentation and Related Files ------------------------------- NSCG_SD_2015.pdf - Survey description pcg15_New_Analytical_File_-_New_Cohort_Questionnaire_Annotated - Survey instrument for the 2015 NSCG new sample cases pcg15_Old_Analytical_File_-_Old_Cohort_Questionnaire_Annotated - Survey instrument for the 2015 NSCG returning sample cases Ppcg15.html - Summary variable codebook in html, 508-compliant format. Ppcg15.pdf - Summary variable codebook in Adobe PDF format. Dpcg15.xlsx - Data Dictionary Source/SAS name cross-walk file (EXCEL spreadsheet format) 2015_NSCG_RecodeDocumentation.pdf - Recode Documentation for the 2015 NSCG README.TXT - this read me file ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any problems opening, accessing or loading these files, please contact: Lynn Milan Survey Manager Human Resources Statistics Program National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics National Science Foundation 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite W14200 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 703-292-2275 lmilan@nsf.gov Oct-01-2021 10:51:31