Danish Longitudinal Survey of Youth (DLSY)
The DLSY is an ongoing longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of just over 3,000 Danish respondents who were born in or around 1954. The main respondents were first interviewed in 1968 when they were around 14 years old and attended the 7th grade of elementary school. The main respondents have since been interviewed in 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1992, 2001, and finally in 2004 when they were around 50 years old. Furthermore, one of the respondent’s parents was interviewed in 1969, and the class teacher in the respondent’s school class was interviewed in 1968. The Danish Longitudinal Survey of Youth – Children (DLSY-C; in Danish: Generationsundersøgelsen) began in 2010 and is a survey which samples all children born to all participants in the DLSY.
Study design
Cohort - intergenerational, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
3,151 (participants)
Age at first data collection
~ 14 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
~ 1954 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
7th grade classes in Denmark.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2010 (DLSY-C participants)
1968 (DLSY participants)
Primary Institutions
Danish Centre for Social Science Research (Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd, VIVE)
Links
pure.vive.dk/ws/files/374349/WP_02_2015_DLSY.pdf
rigsarkivet.dk/udforsk/forloebsundersoegelse-for-unge-1968-2010/
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Danish Council for Independent Research (now known as Independent Research Fund Denmark, Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond)
Danish National Centre for Social Research (SFI)
Ministry of Children and Education (Børne- og Undervisningsministeriet)
Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing (Social- og Boligministeriet)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Census data
- Education data
- Employer data
- Existing research data
- Healthcare data
- Other government data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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