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Codebook: The Lsay 1995 Year 9 Sample Wave 7 (2001) Technical Report No. 27, Kylie Hillman, Julie Mcmillan Aug 2011

Codebook: The Lsay 1995 Year 9 Sample Wave 7 (2001) Technical Report No. 27, Kylie Hillman, Julie Mcmillan

Dr Julie McMillan

The 1995 Year 9 Cohort (Y95) In 1995, a nationally representative sample of approximately 13,000 Year 9 students was selected to form the first cohort of the new Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth program. The sample was constructed by randomly selecting two Year 9 classes from a national sample of 300 schools designed to represent state and sector. Reading and numeracy tests were administered to students in their schools to provide information on early school achievement for use in later analyses of educational and labour market participation. Students also completed a background questionnaire about their educational and vocational plans and …