Youth Cohort Study (YCS)
- Abstract
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YCS is a cohort of young people in the spring following completion of compulsory education and usually again one and two years later.
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- Young people's education and labour market experience, their training and qualifications and a range of other issues, including socio-demographic variables.
- Variables
- http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000382/index.shtml
- Keywords
- Education, labour market, training, qualifications, youth, school, compulsory education, 16 year olds
- Identifier Variables
- N/A
- Economic/Subject Categories
- Employment, Labour
- Area of Health System
- Other
- Data collecting organization (s)
- Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Data Type
- Survey (longitudinal)
- National/Regional
- National
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
- Unit of Analysis
- Individual
- Sample
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Sample size ranged from 12,180 - 30,000 young people in the spring following completion of compulsory education and usually again one and two years later
- Availability
- Department for children schools and families
- Conditions of Access
- Free access
- Link
- http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000382/index.shtml
- Contact
- Tel: 01142593639, andrew.ledger@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
- Publications
- Bhattacharyya G, Ison L, and Blair M. Minority Ethnic Attainment and Participation in Education and Training: The Evidence. Research Topic Paper RTP01-03, Department of Education and Skills