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Evaluation Through Follow-up

UGU
UGU stands for "Evaluation Through Follow-up" and is one of the country's largest research study in the field of education, the country's largest survey of schools. As part of the national evaluation of the school, our study contributes with nationally representative data that can be linked to other databases. Researchers in psychology, economics, political science and pedagogy use our longitudinal data to know more about the Swedish school system and the labour market. Today, UGU's working group consists of 10 people who work to varying degrees with the management, planning and development of the study. Metadata is available as codebooks on the website and increases the accessibility of data for interested researchers. Metadata increases the searchability and reuse of data in accordance with the FAIR principles. The data set within the UGU project constitutes a valuable resource for the research community and for the education of students at different levels. Data are available on request for researchers and doctoral students at Swedish and foreign universities and colleges. There are restrictions on delivery to countries outside the EU. Inquiries about the data set are made by contacting the datamanager via email or telephone. Disclosure of data takes place after a formal request by filling in a user agreement. The agreement must be accompanied by a description of the project and a list of desired variables.
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Citation and access

Data access level:

Creator/​Principal investigator(s):

Research principal:

Data contains personal data:

Yes

Type of personal data:

schoolname, municipality

Code key exists:

Yes

Citation:

Language:

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Pupils born in 1948 - 2016

Time method:

Sampling procedure:

Description of sampling:

UGU's samples are nationally representative and make up about 10 percent of the population in a birth cohort. The first cohort consists of individuals born in 1948. Five years later, another cohort was added with students born in 1953. The next cohort includes students who were, for convenience reasons, mainly born in 1967. Since then, new cohorts have been added at five / six year intervals. UGU's selection process has been based on two different principles. For the first two cohorts, the selection was based on birthdate and for the remaining cohorts by school class. From the collection in 1980, for students who were mainly born in 1967, major changes were made to the management of statistics at Statistics Sweden and the concept of panel surveys was introduced. Cohort 1967 was named Student Panel 1, the subsequent selections Student Panel 2, and so on. In some contexts, therefore, both the term cohort and student panel appear.

Time period(s) investigated:

Data format/​data structure:

Data collection Cognitive measurements and tests

Mode of collection:

Cognitive measurements and tests

Time period(s) for data collection:

1961 - Ongoing

Data collector:

  • University of Gothenburg

Source of the data:

  • Population group

Instrument

Name:

Physical and digital surveys

Type:

Questionnaire

Description of the instrument:

The sample is given the same survey every three years from grade 3. The responses are combined with school administrative data and registervariables that enable the longitudinal design.

Data collection Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Mode of collection:

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Data collector:

  • University of Gothenburg

Source of the data:

  • Population group

Data collection Self-administered questionnaire

Mode of collection:

Self-administered questionnaire

Description of the mode of collection:

Skoladministrativa data

Data collector:

  • Statistics Sweden

Source of the data:

  • Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative
  • Registers/Records/Accounts: Academic/Aptitude
  • Registers/Records/Accounts

Geographic coverage

Geographic location:

Lowest geographic unit:

Municipality

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/​unit:

Department of Education and Special Education

Contributor(s):

  • Bo Nielsen - University of Gothenburg - Department of Education and Special Education
  • Åsa Berntsson - University of Gothenburg - Department of Education and Special Education

Funding

Funding agency:

Topic and keywords

CESSDA Topic Classification:

Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2025:

Keywords:

Relations

Homepage:

Publications

Link to publication list:

Citation:

Härnqvist, K. (1998) A longitudinal program for studying education and career development. Göteborg : Univ., Department of Education and Educational Research

Citation:

Statistics Sweden (1976) Individualstatistiken. Skoldata för ett urval elever födda 1948 och 1953. Memorandum from SCB, no. 8.

Citation:

Härnqvist, K., Emanuelsson, I., Reuterberg, S-E., & Svensson, A. (1994) Dokumentation av projektet 'Utvärdering genom uppföljning'. Report no. 1994:03. Göteborg: Department of Education.

Contact

Lucas Fisher Madesenlucas.fischer.madsen@gu.seOpens in a new tab

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