Scottish Young People's Survey Cohort 1985-86, Sweep 2 (SYPS 1989 autumn)

The Scottish Young People's Survey (SYPS) was a nationally-representative survey of young people in Scotland. The first sweep of the survey was carried out when the young people were aged 16/17, with a subsequent sweep at age 18/19. The SYPS1989autumn survey was the 2nd sweep of the cohort who were in the SYPS 1987 (also held in Datashare), and describes the experiences of young people in jobs, training or unemployed, as well as those continuing their education at school, college or university. In addition to factual questions about attainment and destinations, family background, social class, school and region, each of the surveys included questions about attitudes, aspirations and choices.