Our Future: Waves 1-3, 2013-2015: Secure Access

<p></p><p>The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned the <i>Our Future</i> study (also known as the <i>Second Longitudinal Study of Young People in England</i> (LSYPE2)) at the beginning of 2013. This is one of the largest and most challenging studies of young people ever commissioned and aims to build upon the <i>Next Steps</i> study (LSYPE1), which began in 2004, following young people from the age of 13/14 onwards (Next Steps is held at the UK Data Archive under SN 5545 (End User Licence) and SN 7104 (Secure Access)).<br>
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The purposes of Our Future are:</p><ul><li>to follow a sample of young people through the final years of compulsory education; through their transition from compulsory education to other forms of education, training employment, and other activities</li><li>to collect information about their career paths and about the factors affecting them; and</li><li>to provide a strategic evidence base about the lives and experiences of young people</li></ul>It is intended that Our Future will track a sample of over 13,000 young people from the age of 13/14 annually through to the age of 20 (seven waves). <br>
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The study currently includes data from Wave 1 to 3 of Our Future. Face-to-face interviews with both the young people and their parents were conducted between April and September 2013 when the young people were 13/14 (in school Year 9) for Wave 1, between April and September 2014 when the young people were 14/15 (in Year 10) for Wave 2 and between April and September 2015 when the young people were 15/16 (in Year 11) for Wave 3.<p></p><p>Arrangements for onward sharing of the study data via UKDS are presently being discussed, however, the department would be happy to receive data access requests for specific projects directly in the interim. Data from waves 1-7 are currently available for request. Please email the study team at [e-mail] to register interest.<br>
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Besides the Secure Access version, there is also a Safe Room Access version (SN 7813) available.<br>
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For the second edition (March 2018), data and documentation for Waves 2 and 3 were added to the study. Also included is a NPD linked data file containing linked pupil-level KS2 results and two datasets to support analysis with missing data for KS2 attainment for pupils who attended boycott schools in 2010. Further information is available in the User Guide.<br>
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英国教育部（Department for Education，DfE）于2013年初委托开展了《Our Future》研究（又称《英格兰青少年第二次纵向研究》（LSYPE2））。该研究是迄今委托开展的规模最大、最具挑战性的青少年追踪研究之一，旨在承接2004年启动的《Next Steps》研究（LSYPE1），对13/14岁及以上的青少年进行长期追踪调查（《Next Steps》研究由英国数据档案馆（UK Data Archive）托管，研究编号分别为SN 5545（最终用户许可版）与SN 7104（安全访问版））。

《Our Future》的研究目标如下：
1. 追踪样本青少年完成义务教育最后阶段的全过程，以及从义务教育向其他教育形式、职业培训、就业及其他社会活动的过渡路径；
2. 收集其职业发展轨迹及相关影响因素的相关信息；
3. 为青少年的生活与成长经历提供战略性证据支撑。

该研究计划对超过13000名13/14岁的青少年进行年度追踪，直至其年满20岁，共规划7轮调查。

目前已公开的研究数据涵盖《Our Future》的第1至3轮调查。首轮调查于2013年4月至9月间开展，受访对象为13/14岁（英国中学九年级）的青少年及其家长，采用面对面访谈形式；第二轮调查于2014年4月至9月间开展，受访对象为14/15岁（中学十年级）的青少年；第三轮调查于2015年4月至9月间开展，受访对象为15/16岁（中学十一年级）的青少年。

目前正在讨论通过英国数据档案馆（UKDS）后续共享研究数据的相关安排，在此过渡阶段，若有针对特定项目的数据访问需求，可直接向研究团队提交申请。目前第1至7轮的调查数据均可申请获取，有兴趣者可发送邮件至研究团队邮箱[e-mail]进行意向登记。

除安全访问版（Secure Access）外，该研究还提供安全机房访问版（Safe Room Access），研究编号为SN 7813。

2018年3月发布的第二版更新内容：新增了第2、3轮调查的数据与文档，同时包含一份关联学生层面关键阶段2（KS2）成绩的关联数据文件，以及两份用于分析2010年就读抵制学校的学生关键阶段2学业成绩缺失情况的辅助分析数据集。更多详细信息可参阅《用户指南》（User Guide）。