([age of R at date of interview] >= 16)

COMMENT: youth age as of interview date is >=16

I would like to ask you about other types of schooling and training you may have had, excluding the regular schooling we have already talked about.

(HAND CARD U)

Please look at this card.

Other than the regular schooling you told me about earlier, have you ever attended any schooling, courses or training program designed to help people find a job, improve their job skills, or learn a new job?

(PROBE : Some sources of occupational training programs include business schools, cosmetology schools, nursing courses, apprenticeships programs, vocational or technical institutes or schools, correspondence courses, company or military training, employer training programs, and night schools.)

How many different schooling, courses or training programs have you participated in?


(INTERVIEWER: ENTER NUMBER OF DISTINCT PROGRAMS.)

REPEAT ([training loop])

Thinking about the [first /next ] schooling, courses or training program you participated in, please tell me the name of the school or training program of your [first /next ] school or program?

(PROBE: PLEASE BEGIN WITH THE MOST RECENT ONE YOU ATTENDED AND
WORK BACK.)

When did you start going to [name of school()]?

Are you currently attending?

When did you stop attending [name of school()]?

([date stopped attending school()] < [date started attending school()])

COMMENT: stop date precedes start date

(([date stopped attending school()] - [date started attending school()])/7)

(([YTRN-1600()]=01) AND ([YTRN-1800()]=01))

Did you attend this training for at least 2 weeks or longer?

([number of weeks (stopdate -startdate)()] < 2)

COMMENT: duration of training was < 2 weeks

Were there periods of a week or more when you did not attend between [date started attending school()] and [date stopped attending school()]?

How many weeks were there that you did not attend?

How many days per week [Do/Did] you usually spend in the school, course or training program?

How many hours per day [Do/Did] you usually spend in the school, course or training program?

What type of school or training program [is/was] it?

{a/w} any of the costs of this school or training program paid for or provided directly by a government program?

Which government program, or programs, [is/was] it?


(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)

INLIST([YTRN-3600()],13)

Where was this government training provided?

Did you receive a training allowance or additional money besides public assistance or unemployment insurance because of your participation in this training program?

How much was the allowance or additional money?

INTERVIEWER: SELECT TIME PERIOD FOR THE ADDITIONAL MONEY.

Did you or your family have to pay any fees or tuition to [name of school()] for this training?

How much did you or your family pay for this training program?

Did you receive any student financial aid or did you take out a student loan to help pay for this training?

What type of student financial aid or student loan [are/did] you [using/use] to help pay for this training?

(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)

INLIST([YTRN-4700()],1)

What was the amount of the Pell Grant?

INLIST([YTRN-4700()],2)

What was the amount of the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant?

INLIST([YTRN-4700()],3)

What was the amount of the Stafford Loan?

INLIST([YTRN-4700()],4)

What was the amount of the Perkins Loan?

INLIST([YTRN-4700()],5)

What was the amount of the other student loan?

INLIST([YTRN-4700()],7)

What was the amount of the scholarship?

RECCOUNT(TRAINEMP)

COMMENT: count the number of employers

Did any of your employers provide or help pay for this training program?

Which one of your employers provided or helped pay for this training program?

(INTERVIEWER: SHOW REPONDENT LIST OF EMPLOYERS AND MATCH
ANSWER TO EMPLOYER NUMBER. IF EMPLOYER IS NOT
LISTED REVIEW EMPLOYMENT HISTORIES WITH
RESPONDENT.)

Was this training required by this employer or did you voluntarily choose to participate in this training program?

(HAND CARD V)

Which of the reasons on this card was the main reason you enrolled in this training program?

When you enrolled in this training program did you take a test or an assessment of your reading, writing, or mathematics skills?

Which skills did this test or tests assess?


(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)

([date stopped attending school()]=[the current date ])

COMMENT: still attending

To measure your progress in this training program did you take exams and receive grades or did you have to demonstrate that you had mastered skills by performing required tasks, or both exams and demonstration of tasks?

Did you receive a certificate, license or degree from this program?

What type of certificate, license, or degree did you receive from this program?

INLIST([YTRN-7000()],1)

INLIST([YTRN-7000()],3)

What type of certificate did you obtain?

INLIST([YTRN-7000()],2)

What type of license did you obtain?

Did you complete this training program?

What was the main reason you did not complete this program?

While you [Are/Were] attending this program, [are/did] you [take/taking] classes to help improve your reading, writing, or mathematics skills; get a GED or high school diploma; or learn English?

What classes [Are/Were] you taking?


(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)

While in this program did you participate in any of the following?


(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)

INLIST([YTRN-8000()],1)

COMMENT: INLIST([YTRN-8000()],1,%no-selected%);

TOTALINLIST([YTRN-8000()],[none selected])

COMMENT: Get the number of options selected

%no-selected%;

Which of these did you do the most?

INLIST([YTRN-8000()],1)

What kind of job or occupation [Are/Were] you being trained for?

INLIST([YTRN-8000()],2)

Which of the following services were provided in your job search assistance training?


(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)

INLIST([YTRN-8000()],3)

What kind of job or occupation [Are/Were] you placed in for the on-the-job training?

INLIST([YTRN-8000()],5)

What kind of job or occupation [Are/Were] you being trained for?

People learn a variety of skills in training programs. I am going to ask you about the skills that you learned through this training.

(HAND CARD W)

Please look at this card and tell me which of these skills you learned through this training.

(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.)

UNTIL([training loop],[training loop]=[number of distinct programs])