11/17/20 Our 25th profile from the UK: Next Steps

Formerly known as the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE), Next Steps is a longitudinal study which followed a sample of around 16,000 people born in 1989/1990. Participants were interviewed annually for seven waves until they were aged 19/20 in 2010, and then again in Wave 8 at the age of 25. The information collected during Waves 1–7 of the study covered family background and parents’ employment status, young person’s characteristics, attitudes, experiences and behaviours, education and schooling.

Next Steps (formerly Longitudinal Study of Young People in England - LSYPE) (United Kingdom)

Database Contact Data

Centre for Longitudinal Studies
UCL Social Research Institute
20 Bedford Way
London WC1H 0AL
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: +44 020 7612 6875
Email: clsdata@ucl.ac.uk

Alternate Contact

1. If you cannot reach the database manager, you may contact the company by completing the contact form at: https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/contact/

2. To access Next Steps data, apply to:
UK Data Service 
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex, CO4 3SQ
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: +44 (0)1206 872143
Website: https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/data-access-training/data-access/

References of Studies Using/Describing Database

1. Martínez-Jiménez M, Hollingsworth B, Zucchelli E. Austerity and waiting times: Evidence on reproductive health care delays among young millennials in deprived areas. Public Health. 2025 May 1;242:111-6.

2. Shaw RJ, Hamilton OK, Rhead R, Silverwood RJ, Wels J, Zhu J, Di Gessa G, Bowyer RC, Moltrecht B, Green MJ, Demou E. Associations between different measures of SARS-CoV-2 infection status and subsequent economic inactivity: A pooled analysis of five longitudinal surveys linked to healthcare records. Plos one. 2025 Apr 9;20(4):e0321201.

3. Gittins M, Wels J, Rhodes S, Demou E, Shaw RJ, Hamilton OK, Zhu J, Wielgoszewska B, Stevenson A, Badrick E, Rhead R. COVID-19 risk by work-related factors: pooled analysis of individual linked data from 14 cohorts. Occupational and environmental medicine. 2024 Dec 1;81(11):564-73.

4. Narayanan MK, Dodgeon B, Katsoulis M, Ploubidis GB, Silverwood RJ. How to mitigate selection bias in COVID-19 surveys: evidence from five national cohorts. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2024 Nov;39(11):1221-7.

5. Rhead R, Wels J, Moltrecht B, Shaw RJ, Silverwood R, Zhu J, Hughes A, Chaturvedi N, Demou E, Katikireddi SV, Ploubidis G. Long COVID and financial outcomes: evidence from four longitudinal population surveys. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2024 Jul 1;78(7):458-65.

6. Mansfield R, Henderson M, Richards M, Ploubidis GB, Patalay P. Lifecourse trajectories and cross-generational trends in social isolation: findings from five successive British birth cohort studies. Advances in Life Course Research. 2024 Jun 1;60:100613.

7. Rouxel P, Chandola T. No substitute for in-person interaction: changing modes of social contact during the coronavirus pandemic and effects on the mental health of adults in the UK. Sociology. 2024 Apr;58(2):330-50.

8. Kaye N. The cumulative impact of socioeconomic disadvantage on educational attainment during austerity: a comparative cross-cohort approach. Oxford Review of Education. 2024 Mar 3;50(2):186-206.

9. Moreno-Agostino D, Woodhead C, Ploubidis GB, Das-Munshi J. A quantitative approach to the intersectional study of mental health inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK young adults. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2024 Mar;59(3):417-29.

10. Burger K, Becker M, Schoon I. Mental health and educational attainment: How developmental stage matters. Developmental psychology. 2024 Jan;60(1):108.

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