The first time a collection of data took place was during the spring semester of 1961 and included students born on the 5th, 15th and 25th of each month in 1948, i.e. about one tenth of the year group. According to calculations, when the collection was carried out, there were a total of 12,166 individuals in Sweden who were born on these days, the majority of whom were in year 6 in the compulsory school system - about 2/3 in the primary school and 1/3 in the pilot school (comprehensive primary school).
In the spring of 1961, preparatory conferences were held regarding individual statistics between Statistics Sweden, the National Board of Education, representatives of the Swedish National Council for Social Research and representatives of various teacher and parent organizations. The participants in these conferences decided to attach a letter of recommendation signed by the relevant organizations to the information letter about individual statistics that would be sent to all relevant school principals. This letter was sent in early April 1961.
In mid-April 1961, Statistics Sweden sent a request to all principals in the school system that they provide information on the number of pupils born on the 5th, 15th or 25th of each month in 1948 who were in the principal’s area. Requests were sent to 1,263 school management districts and responses were received from 1,253. In the remaining 10, the number of children was estimated.
In May, the Department of Education in Gothenburg sent out the materials that would be used for testing the students. This material, called the test booklet, contained, in addition to some aptitude tests, questions about school motivation, interests and plans for the future. The test booklet would also state the results of the standard tests for the students who had completed these during the academic year. A total of 12,650 test booklets were sent out, of which 12,290 were sent to primary school students and 360 to students in secondary schools and girls’ schools. The tests took place during the period 8th-27th May 1961. The Department of Education received 10,670 completed test booklets.
In July 1961, Statistics Sweden sent out a form to the schools regarding the students who were included in the sample. The form contained two parts, one with questions about the type of school, end-of-year grades, etc. and a second part with questions about certain so-called socio-economic background data. The form was filled in by the school staff. It can be assumed that the schools usually contacted parents and students to obtain information about occupation / education and social security number. The data collection lasted until September. A total of 11,974 forms were received. The fact that Statistics Sweden received more forms than the number of test booklets submitted is due to Statistics Sweden being able to collect the requested information for a longer period of time, while the tests could only be carried out for a short period of time.
The Cognitive tests are of an intelligence test type containing tasks of a verbal, inductive and spatial nature. These have been given at each collection in year 6 and began with the evaluation in 1961. The three subtests and how they were developed are described in Svensson, A. (1964).
1.Antonyms: To choose the opposite of a particular keyword from four options. 2.Sheet metal folding: To work out which of the four figures you get, if you fold a pictured “sheet metal piece”. 3.Number series: To continue a number-series, where six numbers are given, with two more numbers.
The form for students contains about 70 questions. These are divided into four parts. The first inquiries are about the students’ Leisure and the second their Plans. The last two parts are the basis for the formation of scales.
In the section Activities, there are six areas of interest, each of which forms a scale: Outdoor-focused, Verbal, Technical, Domestic, Social and Office-focused.
The School section contains 30 questions which have been scored with 1 for a positive answer and 0 for a negative one. Subsequently, the intercorrelation between the questions has formed five separate scales:
1.The contact between children and parents: questions 2, 3, 5, 9, 14, 24, 27 and 30.
2.The family’s attitude towards higher education: questions 6, 8, 12, 15, 18 and 21.
3.Pupil’s anxiety in school situations: questions 4, 7, 10, 16 and 28.
4.The student’s interest in school work: questions 1, 13, 19, 22 and 25. 5.Student’s peer contacts: 17, 20, 23, 26 and 29.
Question 11 is not included in any of the scales.
The student questionnaire is indicated by the prefix “QS”
Other information has been obtained from year 3 up to and including year 9 in compulsory school.
The socio-economic background information obtained through Statistics Sweden’s form has, together with the information collected by the Department of Education in Gothenburg, been treated as a unit called background information. This information has only been collected once as a background for the later follow-up of students’ schooling. The part of Statistics Sweden’s form that contained information about the pupil’s schooling in the academic year 1960/61 (school form, year, grades, etc.) constitutes the first so-called annual statement.
Information about schooling, e.g. type of school, class type, class structure, class character, year grade, and grades.
Information about certain personal circumstances, such as place of residence, parents’ occupation and education, number of siblings, distance between home and school, distance between home and nearest upper secondary school, etc.
Results from standardized knowledge tests in the subjects reading, writing, mathematics and English, which were offered to all students in year 6.
The first two types of data were collected by Statistics Sweden and are available for 98 percent (11,950) of all individuals born on the selection days. Information on standard test results is available for fewer individuals (9298), but still means that results are available for almost 90 per cent of those who have passed the tests, i.e. those who were in year 6.
As long as the survey group or parts of the group were in the public school system, annual data were collected by Statistics Sweden at the end of each spring term. These data are of the same nature as those under point 1 above and the collection lasted until the academic year 1968/69. However, due to the fact that students gradually left school (some students went to 7- or 8-year primary school) and due to difficulties in tracking students in certain school forms, the number of students with annual data decreases relatively quickly
Dataset name: kohort1_qs
The dataset has N=11950 rows and 32 columns. 8920 rows have no missing values on any column.
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#Variables
How many books do you read in your free time?
1406 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS61 | How many books do you read in your free time? | numeric | 1406 | 0.8823431 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.466806 | 1.180093 | ▇▇▅▇▁ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
No answer | 0 |
More than a book / week | 1 |
One book a week | 2 |
Less than a book / week | 3 |
Rarely read books | 4 |
Never read books | 5 |
How many comics do you read?
1407 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS62 | How many comics do you read? | numeric | 1407 | 0.8822594 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.446647 | 1.306542 | ▇▆▂▇▁ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
No answer | 0 |
More than a comic / week | 1 |
One comic a week | 2 |
Less than a comic / week | 3 |
Rarely read comics | 4 |
Never read comics | 5 |
How often do you read daily newspapers?
1412 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS63 | How often do you read daily newspapers? | numeric | 1412 | 0.881841 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.361549 | 0.7680942 | ▇▂▁▁▁ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
No answer | 0 |
Every day | 1 |
A few days a week | 2 |
Once a week | 3 |
Rarely read the newspaper | 4 |
Never reads the newspaper | 5 |
How often do you watch TV?
1444 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS64 | How often do you watch TV? | numeric | 1444 | 0.8791632 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1.960975 | 1.114228 | ▇▇▁▂▁ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
No answer | 0 |
Every day there is a program | 1 |
Twice a week | 2 |
Once a week | 3 |
Rarely watch television | 4 |
Never watch tv | 5 |
How often do you go to the cinema?
1415 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS65 | How often do you go to the cinema? | numeric | 1415 | 0.88159 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3.651543 | 0.7906932 | ▁▁▃▇▁ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
More than once per week | 1 |
Once a week | 2 |
Less than once a week | 3 |
Rarely go to the cinema | 4 |
Never go to the cinema | 5 |
How often do you listen to the radio?
1414 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS66 | How often do you listen to the radio? | numeric | 1414 | 0.8816736 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.462604 | 0.7980319 | ▇▃▁▁▁ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
Every day | 1 |
A few times a week | 2 |
Once a week | 3 |
Rarely listen to the radio | 4 |
Never listen to the radio | 5 |
How often in your free time do you participate in team sports such as basketball, handball, football, bandy or similar sports?
1426 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS67 | How often in your free time do you participate in team sports such as basketball, handball, football, bandy or similar sports? | numeric | 1426 | 0.8806695 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2.803117 | 1.597003 | ▇▃▂▆▅ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
More than once per week | 1 |
Once a week | 2 |
Less than once a week | 3 |
Rarely participate in team sports | 4 |
Never participate in team sports | 5 |
How often in your free time do you do sports such as swimming, skiing or similar sports?
1435 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS68 | How often in your free time do you do sports such as swimming, skiing or similar sports? | numeric | 1435 | 0.8799163 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.286068 | 1.282871 | ▇▃▃▅▁ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
More than once per week | 1 |
Once a week | 2 |
Less than once a week | 3 |
Pursuing rarely with such things | 4 |
Pursuing never with such things | 5 |
How often in your free time to you go to sporting events such as football matches, athletics tournaments etc.?
1430 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS69 | How often in your free time to you go to sporting events such as football matches, athletics tournaments etc.? | numeric | 1430 | 0.8803347 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3.378042 | 1.114917 | ▁▃▃▇▂ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
More than once per week | 1 |
Once a week | 2 |
Less than once a week | 3 |
Rarely does such a | 4 |
Never do such things | 5 |
How often do you play a musical instrument, such as e.g. the violin, piano or accordion?
1433 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS610 | How often do you play a musical instrument, such as e.g. the violin, piano or accordion? | numeric | 1433 | 0.8800837 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3.732338 | 1.605061 | ▃▁▁▂▇ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
More than once per week | 1 |
Once a week | 2 |
Less than once a week | 3 |
Rarely plays | 4 |
Never play | 5 |
How often do you go to the meetings of a club or society?
1432 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS611 | How often do you go to the meetings of a club or society? | numeric | 1432 | 0.8801674 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3.540977 | 1.371751 | ▂▆▂▅▇ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
More than once per week | 1 |
Once a week | 2 |
Less than once a week | 3 |
Rarely go to meetings | 4 |
Never goes to meetings | 5 |
How often do you spend time with your school friends in your free time?
1420 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS612 | How often do you spend time with your school friends in your free time? | numeric | 1420 | 0.8811715 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1.924122 | 1.039918 | ▇▇▁▂▁ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
Every day | 1 |
A few times a week | 2 |
Once a week | 3 |
Is rarely together | 4 |
Never together | 5 |
When this school year is over, which class do you expect to go to?
1550 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS613 | When this school year is over, which class do you expect to go to? | numeric | 1550 | 0.8702929 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.585481 | 1.393113 | ▇▅▃▇▂ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
Class 7 elementary school | 1 |
Class. 7 unit school,German | 2 |
Class. 7 unit school,Not German | 3 |
Year 1 junior secondary class or school for girls | 4 |
Some other class | 5 |
Do your parents think that you should be in this class?
1494 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS614 | Do your parents think that you should be in this class? | numeric | 1494 | 0.8749791 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.269797 | 0.6730376 | ▇▁▁▁▁ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
Yes | 1 |
No | 2 |
Do not know | 3 |
Do you think that your teacher thinks that you should be in this class?
1537 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS615 | Do you think that your teacher thinks that you should be in this class? | numeric | 1537 | 0.8713808 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.159128 | 0.9807661 | ▆▁▁▁▇ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
Yes | 1 |
No | 2 |
Do not know | 3 |
Do you yourself really want to be in this class?
1518 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS616 | Do you yourself really want to be in this class? | numeric | 1518 | 0.8729707 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.101227 | 0.3964061 | ▇▁▁▁▁ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
Yes | 1 |
No | 2 |
Do not know | 3 |
How many more years do you expect to be in school?
1679 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS617 | How many more years do you expect to be in school? | numeric | 1679 | 0.8594979 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3.674034 | 1.777679 | ▇▂▃▃▅ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
One more year | 1 |
Two more years | 2 |
Three more years | 3 |
Four more years | 4 |
Five more years | 5 |
Six or more years | 6 |
Do you expect, at some stage in the future, to get your upper secondary school certificate?
1494 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QS618 | Do you expect, at some stage in the future, to get your upper secondary school certificate? | numeric | 1494 | 0.8749791 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.11228 | 0.7075586 | ▃▁▇▁▅ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
Yes | 1 |
No | 2 |
Do not know | 3 |
Choice of occupation in the future
1390 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS619 | Choice of occupation in the future | numeric | 1390 | 0.883682 | 1 | 48 | 99 | 47.56307 | 28.25515 | ▅▇▂▇▃ | F8.0 |
Do your family think that you should choose this occupation?
1860 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS620 | Do your family think that you should choose this occupation? | numeric | 1860 | 0.8443515 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.917245 | 0.9889818 | ▇▁▁▁▇ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
Yes | 1 |
No | 2 |
Do not know | 3 |
Are any of your friends going to choose this occupation?
1812 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS621 | Are any of your friends going to choose this occupation? | numeric | 1812 | 0.8483682 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2.547642 | 0.8001115 | ▁▂▁▁▇ | F8.0 |
name | value |
---|---|
Not answered | 0 |
Yes | 1 |
No | 2 |
Do not know | 3 |
Scale Activities: Outdoor 1464
1910 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6SOUTDOOR | Scale Activities: Outdoor 1464 | numeric | 1910 | 0.8401674 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 24.37191 | 3.326346 | ▁▁▅▇▆ | F8.0 |
Scale Activities: Verbal 1465
1910 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6SVERBAL | Scale Activities: Verbal 1465 | numeric | 1910 | 0.8401674 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 19.81932 | 2.760598 | ▁▅▇▂▁ | F8.0 |
Scale Activities: Technical 1466
1909 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6STECHNICAL | Scale Activities: Technical 1466 | numeric | 1909 | 0.840251 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 20.46629 | 5.765926 | ▇▆▅▇▆ | F8.0 |
Scale Activities: Domestic 1467
1909 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6SDOMESTIC | Scale Activities: Domestic 1467 | numeric | 1909 | 0.840251 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 17.54337 | 4.952497 | ▇▅▅▃▁ | F8.0 |
Scale Activities: Social 1468
1911 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6SSOCIAL | Scale Activities: Social 1468 | numeric | 1911 | 0.8400837 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 19.38908 | 3.126958 | ▁▇▇▃▁ | F8.0 |
Scale Activities: Clerical 1469
1908 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6SCLERICAL | Scale Activities: Clerical 1469 | numeric | 1908 | 0.8403347 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 18.44493 | 3.107958 | ▂▇▆▂▁ | F8.0 |
Scale 1: the student parent contact part school qnr 2 3 5 9 14 24 27 30 1470
1614 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6SPUPIL1 | Scale 1: the student parent contact part school qnr 2 3 5 9 14 24 27 30 1470 | numeric | 1614 | 0.8649372 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4.551567 | 1.617171 | ▁▅▅▇▂ | F8.0 |
Scale 2: the parent attitude to higher education part school qnr 6 8 12 15 18 21 1471
1616 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6SPUPIL2 | Scale 2: the parent attitude to higher education part school qnr 6 8 12 15 18 21 1471 | numeric | 1616 | 0.8647699 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3.0958 | 1.471598 | ▆▇▇▇▆ | F8.0 |
Scale 3: the student adjustment to school part school qnr 4 7 10 16 28 1472
1618 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6SPUPIL3 | Scale 3: the student adjustment to school part school qnr 4 7 10 16 28 1472 | numeric | 1618 | 0.8646025 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3.594561 | 1.294748 | ▂▃▆▇▇ | F8.0 |
Scale 4: the student interest in school work part school qnr 1 13 19 22 25 1473
1619 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6SPUPIL4 | Scale 4: the student interest in school work part school qnr 1 13 19 22 25 1473 | numeric | 1619 | 0.8645188 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3.132901 | 1.228042 | ▃▅▇▇▃ | F8.0 |
Scale 5: student friendships part school qnr 17 20 23 26 29 1474
1623 missing values.
name | label | data_type | n_missing | complete_rate | min | median | max | mean | sd | hist | format.spss |
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QS6SPUPIL5 | Scale 5: student friendships part school qnr 17 20 23 26 29 1474 | numeric | 1623 | 0.8641841 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3.223782 | 1.101205 | ▂▃▇▇▂ | F8.0 |
Dataset name: kohort1_RS
The dataset has N=11950 rows and 260 columns. 0 rows have no missing values on any column.
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Dataset name: kohort1_TS
The dataset has N=11950 rows and 13 columns. 0 rows have no missing values on any column.
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