Crawford, Claire;
Cribb, Jonathan;
(2012)
Gap year takers: uptake, trends and long-term outcomes.
(Research Report
DFE-RR25
).
Department for Education: London, UK.
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Abstract
This report provides the first quantitative evidence on the characteristics and outcomes of gap year takers in the UK. It does so by using two rich survey datasets: the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE), which follows a cohort of young people as they make decisions about whether or not to enter higher education (HE) and whether or not to take a gap year at the height of the recent recession, and the British Cohort Study (BCS), which follows the population of individuals born in Great Britain in a particular week of April 1970, who were first eligible to enter HE in September 1988. These two datasets together enable an assessment of the intentions, activities and characteristics of a recent cohort of gap year takers and the long-term consequences of the decision to delay entry into HE for a range of outcomes, with a particular focus on wages and earnings. The analysis of the recent LSYPE cohort focuses on individuals who are on a gap year according to the “official” Department for Education definition. LSYPE cohort members are asked, at the end of the first academic year following Year 13, if they have: a) applied to university, b) received offers and c) accepted an offer. If they answer “yes” to all three questions, they are asked “Are you on a gap year between getting exam results and going to university?”. If they answer “yes” to this question, then they are classified as being on a gap year. In contrast to the definition of gap year takers in the BCS – which relies on identifying breaks in full-time education – individuals who are classified as gap year takers in the LSYPE do not all end up going to university. This is an important distinction between the two studies.
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | Gap year takers: uptake, trends and long-term outcomes |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-78105-198-6 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10180646 |
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