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Current Stage
At present, the UW-BHS project is conducting a ten year
follow up survey of the Class of 2000. The ten year follow up survey
aims to re-interview students originally interviewed in 2000 as high
school seniors. While the senior survey focused on students' home life,
high school career, and future educational plans, the ten year follow
up survey will explore the transition into young adulthood. The ten
year follow up survey focuses on the key components of young adulthood:
educational attainment, early career and work history, family
and partnership formation, civic engagement, and health statuses. The
survey is being administered primarily as an online survey, though
respondents will have the option to complete the survey over the phone
with an interviewer. The information obtained in the ten year follow up
combined with the senior survey and the one year follow up survey will
provide researchers with very valuable data on the 21st century's first
generation of young adults.
Over the next five years, the UW-BHS research team is planning to
conduct ten year follow up surveys of the Classes of 2002, 2003, 2004,
and 2005.
Ongoing analysis of data from the baseline and one-year
follow up surveys has yielded many interesting findings resulting in
multiple publications and presentations. Examples of papers written by
the UW-BHS team are available here.
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