LSAY is an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education and follows young Australians over a 10-year period as they transition through school to further study. Survey participants enter the study when they are about 15 years old and are contacted once a year until they are 25. Information on a wide range of school and post-school topics is collected, including student achievement and aspirations, attitudes to school, social background, vocational and further education, and employment and job seeking. At baseline, over 13,000 young people were contacted by phone and asked to share information about their current education, work, and social development status. Alternatively, they could also complete each survey online.

Recruitment is ongoing