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LSAY 1995 cohort user guide

By NCVER
Technical paper; User guide
3 July 2009
Revised: 1 October 2013

Description

This user guide has been developed for users of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) data. It consolidates existing technical documentation and other information into one document. The guide aims to address all aspects of the LSAY data including: how to access the data, data restrictions, variable naming conventions, the structure of the data, documentation, classifications and code frames used, weights and derived variables.

This user guide was last updated in October 2013.

Publications

User guide .pdf 769.9 KB Download
User guide .doc 2.1 MB Download

Supporting documents

Data elements A: demographics .pdf 543.9 KB Download
Data elements A: demographics .doc 1.0 MB Download
Data elements B1: education (school and school transition) .pdf 926.0 KB Download
Data elements B1: education (school and school transition) .doc 2.2 MB Download
Data elements B2: education (post-school) .pdf 1.6 MB Download
Data elements B2: education (post-school) .doc 7.4 MB Download
Data elements C: employment .pdf 1.3 MB Download
Data elements C: employment .doc 4.2 MB Download
Data elements D: social .pdf 1.1 MB Download
Data elements D: social .doc 3.4 MB Download
Variable concordance .xls 411.5 KB Download
Area of study classifications .xls 187.0 KB Download

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