?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Using+the+Longitudinal+Study+of+Young+People+in+England+for+research+into+Higher+Education+access&rft.creator=Anders%2C+J&rft.description=The+Longitudinal+Study+of+Young+People+in+England+(LSYPE)+has+the+potential+to+be+an+important+new+resource+for+addressing+research+questions+regarding+access+to+Higher+Education.+This+paper+outlines+the+data+available+in+the+LSYPE+and+assesses+its+quality%2C+particularly+relative+to+other+datasets+that+have+been+used+to+address+similar+questions+in+the+past.+The+paper+finds+many+positive+features+of+the+data.+These+include+data+collection+from+parents+(including+much+information+on+family+background+characteristics)+and+good+family+income+measurement+compared+with+many+previous+studies.+The+LSYPE+also+measures+a+greater+depth+of+HE-related+outcomes+than+some+previous+datasets%2C+including+application%2C+entry%2C+subject+studied+and+institution+attended.+However%2C+comparison+with+official+statistics+suggests+that+this+may+be+undermined+by+a+large+overestimation+of+the+proportion+of+young+people+who+enter+Higher+Education+(as+much+as+ten+percentage+points)+than+we+would+see+in+a+truly+nationally+representative+sample.+There+is+also+some+evidence+of+underreporting+of+family+income.+Nevertheless%2C+the+paper+concludes+that+analysis+of+the+LSYPE+has+the+potential+to+shed+new+light+on+university+access+in+England.&rft.subject=Higher+Education%2C+Socioeconomic+Gradient%2C+Intergenerational+Mobility%2C+Longitudinal+Research%2C+Survey+Data&rft.publisher=Department+of+Quantitative+Social+Science%2C+UCL+Institute+of+Education&rft.date=2012-12-03&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(QSS+Working+Paper++12-13).+Department+of+Quantitative+Social+Science%2C+UCL+Institute+of+Education%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2012)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10050740%2F1%2Fqsswp1213.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10050740%2F&rft.rights=open