Summary information
Study title
Education and Career Choices of Fifth Form Pupils, 1977-1979
Creator
Williams, G., University of Lancaster, Institute for Research and Development in Post Compulsory Education
Study number / PID
1658 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1658-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to obtain a better understanding of the changing influences on the educational and career decisions of young people at the minimum school-leaving age.
At the centre of the work was an adminstered questionnaire to about 3,000 fifth form pupils aimed mainly at assessing the extent to which perceptions of future career opportunities are directly or indirectly present in their minds when they decide whether or not to stay on in school. A number of small-scale follow-up surveys were undertaken and several different studies made, testing various sociological and economic hypotheses, using the empirical data collected in the surveys.
Main Topics:
Variables
Information on educational and career intentions and attitudes to school and work; perceptions of the labour market and expected life-time earnings for respondents themselves and in a range of occupations; standard demographic, social, educational and economic background material; a verbal reasoning test (AH4 Part I); examination results at 'O' level/CSE; and information on respondents' situation one year after the main survey.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/02/1977 - 01/07/1979
Country
England
Time dimension
Longitudinal/panel/cohort
three waves
Analysis unit
Individuals
Groups
Subnational
Educational test data
Examination results
Pupils
School leavers
Universe
Fifth-form pupils in secondary schools, primarily in the North West of England, (Lancashire and Cumbria Education Authorities) but also small samples in Avon, Essex, Sandwell and Sheffield
Sampling procedure
Multi-stage stratified random sample
four-stage sample:
1) Region: purposive selection of Education Authorities
2) Schools: stratified sampling p.p.s. within strata - (a) local authority, (b) school type - independent/direct grant: maintained selective; maintained comprehesive/secondary modern
3) Classes within selected schools: simple random
4) Pupils within classes: census
1) Region: purposive selection of Education Authorities
2) Schools: stratified sampling p.p.s. within strata - (a) local authority, (b) school type - independent/direct grant: maintained selective; maintained comprehesive/secondary modern
3) Classes within selected schools: simple random
4) Pupils within classes: census
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Postal survey
Educational measurements
follow-up questionnaire only; Self-completion for main questionnaire only
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1981
Terms of data access
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Related publications
- Gordon, A. (1980) 'Leaving school: : a question of money?', Educational Studies
- Gordon, A. and Williams, G. (1981) 'Perceived earnings functions and ex ante rates of return to post-compulsory education in England', Higher Education
- Fulton, O. and Gordon, A. (1979) 'The British pool of ability: : how deep and will cash reduce it?', Educational Studies
- Gordon, A. (1981) 'Self-described marginality and leaving school', Educational Studies
- Gordon, A. and Fulton, O. (1979) 'The impact of structural change on the demand for upper secondary and higher education'