eprintid: 10050740
rev_number: 21
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2021-10-11 14:41:52
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type: working_paper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Anders, J
title: Using the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England for research into Higher Education access
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J82
divisions: KC6
keywords: Higher Education, Socioeconomic Gradient, Intergenerational Mobility, Longitudinal Research, Survey Data
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abstract: 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, 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, including application, entry, subject studied and institution attended. However, 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, the paper concludes that analysis of the LSYPE has the potential to shed new light on university access in England.
date: 2012-12-03
date_type: published
publisher: Department of Quantitative Social Science, UCL Institute of Education
official_url: https://ideas.repec.org/p/qss/dqsswp/1213.html
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1563179
lyricists_name: Anders, Jacob
lyricists_id: JDAND41
actors_name: Anders, Jacob
actors_id: JDAND41
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
series: QSS Working Paper
number: 12-13
place_of_pub: London, UK
pages: 104
citation:        Anders, J;      (2012)    Using the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England for research into Higher Education access.                    (QSS Working Paper  12-13). Department of Quantitative Social Science, UCL Institute of Education: London, UK.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10050740/1/qsswp1213.pdf