Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)
ELS:2002 follows a nationally representative cohort of 10th-graders in 2002 and 12th-graders in 2004, United States of America. The study is designed to monitor the transition of a national sample of young people as they progress from 10th grade through high school and on to postsecondary education, the world of work, or both. The first follow-up occurred in 2004; high school transcripts were obtained in 2005. The second follow-up occurred in 2006, and the third follow-up occurred in 2012. Post-secondary transcripts were then obtained in 2013.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
15,362 (participants)
Age at first data collection
15 – 16 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1986 – 1987 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
10th-graders in 2002 and 12th-graders in 2004, United States of America.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2002
Primary Institutions
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Department of Education
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 – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Census data
- Education data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
