Evaluation Through Follow-up (UGU)
UGU is a Swedish longitudinal database in the field of education that started in 1961. As part of the national evaluation of the school system, the study contributes data that can be linked to other databases. The study includes nationally representative samples of students from eleven cohorts, born between 1948 and 2010. Each cohort comprises approximately 10,000 students born in the same year, along with their teachers and guardians. Participants are followed throughout their time in the general school system via annual school administrative data and assessments. UGU-LIFE is an extension of the UGU project that follows up participants born in 1948 and 1953 who participated in UGU when they were in school. The study also plans to introduce a twelfth cohort of students born in 2016.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - birth, Cohort - accelerated
Number of participants at first data collection
10,670 (students in cohort 1948)
10,723 (students in cohort 1953)
9,104 (students in cohort 1967)
8,877 (students in cohort 1972)
4,417 (students in cohort 1977)
8,805 (students in cohort 1982)
9,927 (students in cohort 1987)
10,153 (students in cohort 1992)
9,671 (students in cohort 1998)
9,775 (students in cohort 2004)
9,918 (students in cohort 2010)
No information available (teachers)
No informational available (guardians)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
No information available
Participant year of birth
1948 (cohort 1948)
1953 (cohort 1953)
1967 (cohort 1967)
1972 (cohort 1972)
1977 (cohort 1977)
1982 (cohort 1982)
1987 (cohort 1987)
1992 (cohort 1992)
1998 (cohort 1998)
2004 (cohort 2004)
2010 (cohort 2010)
Varied (teachers)
Varied (guardians)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The population of Sweden.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1961 (cohort 1948)
1966 (cohort 1953)
1980 (cohort 1967)
1982 (cohort 1972)
1987 (cohort 1977)
1995 (cohort 1982)
1997 (cohort 1987)
2003 (cohort 1992)
2008 (cohort 1998)
2014 (cohort 2004)
2020 (cohort 2010)
Primary Institutions
University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs universitet)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Qualitative survey
- None
- Education data
Engagement
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