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Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1986-1988

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Title details

SN: 3094
Title: Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1986-1988
Persistent identifier: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-3094-1
Series: Youth Cohort Study, 1985-
Depositor(s): Department for Education
Principal investigator(s): Courtenay, G., Social and Community Planning Research
Sponsor(s): Employment Department. Training Agency
Other acknowledgements: P ; 865, P ; 920, P ; 971
I. McAleese.
The Department for Education was formed on 12 May 2010 and took over the responsibilities and resources of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Subject Categories

Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales - Major studies
School leaving - Education
Youth - Social stratification and groupings
Training - Employment and labour

Abstract

The Youth Cohort Study (YCS) is a major programme of longitudinal research designed to monitor the behaviour and decisions of representative samples of young people aged sixteen upwards as they make the transition from compulsory education to further or higher education, or to the labour market. It tries to identify and explain the factors which influence post-16 transitions, for example, educational attainment, training opportunities, experiences at school. To date the YCS covers thirteen cohorts and over forty surveys. The first cohort was first surveyed in 1985 and the thirteenth in 2007. The questionnaires have been designed, over the years, to be broadly comparable, but external changes and shifts in policy interest have brought about changes - some minor, some fundamental. Cohorts One to Twelve cover England and Wales but a change to the methodology means that from Cohort Thirteen, data cover England only. For further details of the methodology and coverage, see the documentation.

The UK Data Archive currently holds data for the cohorts listed below:
  • Cohort One (SN 3093) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 1983-84
  • Cohort Two (SN 3094) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 1984-85
  • *Cohort Three (SN 3012) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 1985-86
  • Cohort Four (SN 3107) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 1987-88
  • Cohort Five (SN 3531) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 1989-90
  • Cohort Six (SN 3532) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 1990-91
  • Cohort Seven (SN 3533) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 1992-93
  • Cohort Eight (SN 3805) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 1995-96
  • Cohort Nine (SN 4009) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 1996-97
  • Cohort Ten (SN 4571) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 1998-99
  • Cohort Eleven (SN 5452) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 2000-01
  • Cohort Twelve (SN 5830) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 2002-03
  • Cohort Thirteen (SN 6024) surveyed those eligible to leave school in 2005-06
*Some teaching materials using the data from Cohort Three have been developed. Details are available from the Teaching Resources and Materials for Social Scientists (TRAMSS) website.
Main Topics:
Sweep One
The questionnaire for Sweep One included the following information:
  • attitude towards school in 4th and 5th years
  • qualification attainment in 5th year
  • education and career advice
  • activities since last September (unemployment, youth training scheme (YTS), employment, education)
  • family
  • plans and views on the future
  • classificatory variables include gender, socio-economic grade of parents, school type and region
Sweep Two
The questionnaire for Sweep Two included the following information:
  • activities since last summer (unemployment, YTS, employment, education)
  • part-time employment
  • extra qualifications achieved since 5th year at school
  • plans and views on the future
Sweep Three
The questionnaire for Sweep Three included the following information:
  • activities in the past year (unemployment, YTS, employment, education)
  • part-time employment
  • qualifications since 5th year at school
  • courses in higher education
  • plans and views on the future

Coverage, universe, methodology

Dates of fieldwork: 1986, 1988
Country: England and Wales
Spatial units: No spatial unit
Observation units: Individuals
Universe: National
Young people
16 to 19 year olds in England and Wales.
Time dimensions: Longitudinal/panel/cohort
Sampling procedures: Simple random sample; Multi-stage stratified random sample
Multi-stage stratified random sampling was used for Cohorts One-Five, but the YCS sample has been a single-stage simple random sample since Cohort Six (see Courtenay, G. The YCS - the first ten years). In spring of the sampling year all schools in England and Wales (excluding special schools), both state maintained and private sector, are sent a return form for sampling. This gives a number of dates, e.g. the 5th, 15th and 25th, and all pupils on the Year 11 roll whose birth dates coincide are sampled. Usually three dates are specified giving a simple random sample of just under 10%. Occasionally more dates are given, either to draw a larger sample overall or only in specific geographical areas where the Principal Investigators wish to over-sample, e.g. the sampling for Cohort Eleven specified three dates for most schools but four dates for schools in LEAs with a high proportion of pupils in ethnic minorities. There are some difficulties with school-level non-response at the sampling stage and to compensate for this there is a further stage of sampling before Sweep One. Here the initial sample is sub-sampled to give a Sweep One final sample that is representative of a population matrix of pupil numbers by school type by sex by region.
Method of data collection: Postal survey
Weighting: No information recorded

Keywords

ABILITYACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATIONS
APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENTAPPOINTMENT TO JOBAPPRENTICESHIP
ATTITUDESCARE OF DEPENDANTSCAREERS GUIDANCE
CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATIONCHILD WORKERSCHOICE
COMMUNICATION SKILLSCOMMUNITY WORKCOMMUTING
COMPUTERSDAY RELEASE COURSESDECISION MAKING
DEGREESDISABLED PERSONSDOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITYEDUCATIONEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
EDUCATIONAL COURSESEDUCATIONAL EXPECTATIONSEDUCATIONAL GRANTS
EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCEEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEMPLOYEES
EMPLOYERSEMPLOYER-SPONSORED TRAININGEMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT HISTORYEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES
EMPLOYMENT SERVICESENGLAND AND WALESENGLISH (LANGUAGE)
EQUAL OPPORTUNITYETHNIC GROUPSEVENING SCHOOLS
EXAMINATIONSEXPECTATIONFAMILY ENVIRONMENT
FATHER'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITYFATHER'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDFATHER'S OCCUPATION
FIELDS OF STUDYFULL-TIME EMPLOYMENTFURTHER EDUCATION
GENDERHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
HOME OWNERSHIPHOUSEHOLDSHOUSING
HOUSING TENUREINDUSTRIESIN-SERVICE TRAINING
INTERVIEWING FOR JOBJOB DESCRIPTIONJOB HUNTING
LITERACYMARITAL STATUSMATHEMATICS
MOTHER'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDMOTHER'S OCCUPATIONMOTOR VEHICLES
NUMERACYOCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONSOCCUPATIONAL TRAINING
OCCUPATIONSORDINARY LEVEL EXAMINATIONSPARENTS
PART-TIME EMPLOYMENTPROBLEM SOLVINGQUALIFICATIONS
RENTED ACCOMMODATIONSANDWICH COURSESSATISFACTION
SCHOOL-LEAVING GUIDANCESEASONAL EMPLOYMENTSECOND LANGUAGES
SECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVINGSECONDARY SCHOOLS
SELF-EMPLOYEDSIBLINGSSIXTEEN PLUS EXAMINATION
SOCIAL HOUSINGSOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITSSTUDENT EMPLOYMENT
STUDENTSSTUDENTS (COLLEGE)SUPERVISORS
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTTIMETRAINING
TRAINING CENTRESTRAINING COURSESTRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK
TRUANCYUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATIONWAGESWORKING MOTHERS
WORKING TIMEYOUTH

Administrative and access information

Date of release:
First edition: 29 September 1993
Copyright: Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland
Access conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required. Available to all registered users. The depositor may be informed about usage.
Availability: UK Data Service
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Documentation

TitleFile NameSize (KB)
User Guide 3094userguide.pdf 2925
Study information and citation UKDA_Study_3094_Information.htm 23
READ File read3094.txt 1

Related studies:

Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1987-1994; Cohort Three, Sweep One to Four (SN 3012)
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1985-1987; Cohort One, Sweep One to Three (SN 3093)
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1989-1991; Cohort Four, Sweep One to Three (SN 3107)
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1991-1993; Cohort Five, Sweep One to Three (SN 3531)
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1992-1994; Cohort Six, Sweep One to Three (SN 3532)
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1994-1996; Cohort Seven, Sweep One and Two (SN 3533)
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1996-2000; Cohort Eight, Sweep One to Three (SN 3805)
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 1998-2000; Cohort Nine, Sweep One to Four (SN 4009)
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 2000-2002; Cohort Ten, Sweep One, Two and Three (SN 4571)
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 2002-2005; Cohort Eleven, Sweep One to Four (SN 5452)
Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, 2004-2007; Cohort Twelve, Sweep One to Four (SN 5830)
Youth Cohort Study: England, Cohort Thirteen, Sweeps One to Four, 2007-2010 (SN 6024)
Longitudinal Study of Young People in England: Waves One to Seven, 2004-2010 (SN 5545)
Youth Cohort Time Series for England, Wales and Scotland, 1984-2002 (SN 5765)
Exploring Data, Second Edition: Teaching Datasets, 1958-2005 (SN 6096)

Publications

Youth Cohort Series

  • Courtenay, G. (1988) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : report on Cohort 1 Sweep 1 Research and Development Series no. 41, Youth Cohort Series no. 1, Sheffield: Manpower Services Commission.
  • Courtenay, G. (1988) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : report on Cohort 1 Sweep 2 Research and Development Series no. 44, Youth Cohort Series no. 3, Sheffield: Training Agency.
  • Courtenay, G. (1989) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : report on Cohort 1 Sweep 3 Research and Development Series no. 47, Youth Cohort Series no. 4, Sheffield: Training Agency.
  • Courtenay, G. (1989) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : report on Cohort 2 Sweep 1 Research and Development Series no. 48, Youth Cohort Series no. 5, Sheffield: Training Agency.
  • Courtenay, G. (1989) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : report on Cohort 3 Sweep 1 Research and Development Series no. 53, Youth Cohort Series no. 3, Sheffield: Training Agency.
  • Courtenay, G. (1990) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : report on Cohort 2 Sweep 2 Research and Development Series no. 55, Youth Cohort Series no. 9,(Sheffied: Training Agency.
  • Courtenay, G. (1990) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : report on Cohort 2 Sweep 3 Research and Development Series no. 59, Youth Cohort Series no.11, Sheffield: Training Agency.
  • Jesson, D. and Gray, J. (1990) Access, entry and potential demand for higher education amongst 18-19 year olds in England and Wales Research and Development Series no. 60, Youth Cohort Series no. 12, Sheffield: Training Agency.
  • Courtenay, G. and McAleese, I. (1991) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : report on cohort III sweep 3, 18-19 years olds in 1989 Research and Development Series no. 66, Youth Cohort Series no. 17, Sheffield: Employment Department.
  • Courtenay, G. and McAleese, I. (1993) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : cohort IV, young people 16-17 years old in 1989. Report on Sweep 1 Employment Department Research Series, Youth Cohort Series No. 21, Sheffield: Employment Department.
  • Courtenay, G. and McAleese, I. (1993) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : cohort 5, aged 16-17 in 1991. Report on sweep 1 Employment Department Research Series, Youth Cohort Report No. 22, Sheffield: Employment Department.
  • Courtenay, G. (1986) England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : preliminary results from the 1985 survey London: Social and Community Planning Research.
  • Gray, J. and Pattie, C. with Courtenay, G. and Elder, S. (1987) The Youth Cohort Study : an introduction and codebook for Cohort I, Sweep I Sheffield: Sheffield University Division of Education.
  • Courtenay, G. and Mekkelholt, P. (1997) The Youth Cohort Study Handbook : the first ten years, DFEE Research Series no. 22, London: The Stationery Office. ISBN 0112709567.
  • Gray, J. and Pattie, C. (1987) An introduction to the Youth Cohort Study and codebook for Cohort 1 Sweep 1 Sheffield: Sheffield University Educational Research Centre.
  • Clough, E., Gray, J. and Jones, B. (1987) 'Those who say no to YTS', British Journal of Education and Work 1, 2, pp.79-89.
  • Clough, E., Gray, J. and Jones, B. (1987) Routes through YTS : the experiences of young people participating in the Youth Training Scheme Manpower Services Commission Research Series.
  • Clough, E., Gray, J. and Jones, B. (1987) 'Curricular patterns in post- compulsory education' Research Papers in Education 3, 1, pp. 27-41.
  • Gray, J. and Pattie, C. (1987) Getting better qualified? The position at 17- plus Sheffield: Sheffield University Educational Research Centre.
  • Gray, J. and Pattie, C. (1987) Late starters on the Youth Training Scheme Sheffield: Sheffield University Educational Research Centre.
  • Courtenay, G. and Raffe, D. (1987) 'Wha's like us? Post-16 transitions in Scotland, England and Wales compared' Scottish Educational Review 19, 1.
  • Pattie, C. and Gray, J. (1988) Early leavers from post-compulsory education Sheffield: Sheffield University Educational Research Centre.
  • Courtenay, G. and Raffe, D. (1989) '16-18 on both sides of the border' IN D. Raffe (ed.) Education and the youth labour market Basingstoke: Falmer Press.
  • Gray, J. et al (1989) Education and training opportunities in the inner city Sheffield: Sheffield University Educational Research Centre.
  • Gray, J. and Sime, N. (1989) Routes through the structure of 16-19 provision Sheffield: Sheffield University Educational Research Centre.
  • Drew, D. and Gray, J. (1989) The fifth-year examination achievements of black young people in England and Wales Sheffield: Sheffield University Educational Research Centre.
  • Gray, J. et al (1990) 'The inner city dimension in Britain's youth labour market' Employment Gazette 98, 9, pp. 455-463.
  • Gray, J. and Sime, N. (1990) Patterns of participation in full-time post-compulsary education Sheffield: Training Agency.
  • Sime, N., Pattie, C. and Gray, J. (1990) What now? The transition from school to the labour market among 16 to 19 year olds Sheffield: Training Agency.
  • Sime, N. and Gray, J. ( May, 1990) 'Entering the youth labour market in the late eighties' Labour Market Quarterly Report pp. 113-15.
  • Taylor and Lynn, P. (1996) The England and Wales Youth Cohort Study : an investigation of the effect of a preliminary notification letter on response, London: SCPR.
  • DFEE (1997) 'Youth Cohort Study : the activities and experiences of 16 year olds : England and Wales' Department for Education and Employment Statistical Bulletin, issue no. 8/97, June, London: The Stationery Office.
  • Department for Children, Schools and Families (2008) Youth Cohort Study and Longitudinal Study of Young People in England: the activities and experiences of 16 year olds: England 2007, Statistical Bulletin B01/2008. Retrieved November 3, 2008 from http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SBU/b000795/index.shtml

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