Publications

LSAY 1998 cohort user guide

By NCVER
Technical paper; User guide
18 December 2009
Revised: 13 October 2020

Description

This user guide has been developed for users of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY). 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.

Publications

1998 cohort user guide .pdf 1.9 MB Download
1998 cohort user guide .docx 783.6 KB Download

Supporting documents

Data elements A: demographics .pdf 518.3 KB Download
Data elements A: demographics .docx 108.6 KB Download
Data elements B1 : education (school and school transition) .pdf 996.8 KB Download
Data elements B1 - Education (school and school transition) .docx 284.1 KB Download
Data elements B2: education .pdf 1.3 MB Download
Data elements B2: education (post-school) .docx 655.3 KB Download
Data elements C: employment .pdf 1021.3 KB Download
Data elements C: employment .docx 402.9 KB Download
Data elements D: social .pdf 842.2 KB Download
Data elements D: social .docx 350.6 KB Download
Variable concordance .xls 195.5 KB Download
Area of study classifications .xls 162.0 KB Download

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