High School and Beyond Longitudinal Study of 1980 (HS&B:80)
HS&B:80 is a longitudinal study designed to track the educational experiences and outcomes of two nationally representative cohorts of high school students in the United States of America in 1980: 10th and 12th graders. In the Spring of 1980, 1,015 schools participated in the study; from those schools, 30,030 sophomores and 28,240 seniors participated. Students were initially surveyed in 1980 (the survey base year), along with their parents/guardians, teachers, school administrators, and school counsellors. Students were recontacted for follow-up surveys in 1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, and 2014. In 1983 and 1993, these follow-up survey data collections were supplemented with administrative transcript records.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
58,270 (participants)
Age at first data collection
15 - 18 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1962 – 1965 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Students who were high school 10th and 12th graders in 1980, United States of America.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1980
Primary Institutions
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
University of Minnesota
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department of Defense (DoD)
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – phone
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Education data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
