This manual provides documentation and guidance for users of the public release data files for the Early Childhood Education (ECE) component of the 1991 National Household Education Survey (NHES:91). Information is presented about the purpose of the study, the data collection instruments, the sample design, and data collection and data processing procedures. The survey was a random-digit-dial telephone survey, which attempted to collect information on the condition of education in the United States from a non-institutional sample. The ECE survey component covered the following topics: (1) child care and early childhood program experiences; (2) kindergarten and primary school entry; (3) retention in early grades; (4) parental involvement in center-based programs and school; (5) the education environment in the home; and (6) household and family characteristics. Appendixes provide the NHES:91 questionnaire, listings of variables, listings of SAS and SPSS-X control cards, a guide to SAS and SPSS-X use, the SAS code for composite variables, and the codebooks for the ECE data. Five tables and four figures supplement the discussion. (SLD)