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About the event

The Next Steps age 32 data release includes information collected from more than 7,200 study participants. It provides valuable up-to-date insights into many aspects of their lives, including their experiences of a pandemic and cost-of-living crisis.

This webinar will give attendees an excellent introduction to the new data, the wide range of questions they can help answer, and the opportunities for longitudinal research using the data captured over time.

A comprehensive Q&A will follow the presentation.

What’s covered in the event?

• An overview of the topics captured in the Age 32 Sweep of data collection, including mental health and wellbeing, physical health, work employment resources, and family and relationships.
• A description of the special features of the data, including an overview of geospatial data, genetic data and linked administrative data
• Highlights key features of the sample design and weights
• A summary of the data structure, documentation and access
• A spotlight on initial findings from the Age 32 sweep, including worklessness and the gender pay gap.

Who should attend?

This webinar will be useful to anyone with an interest in the experiences of the millennials and how their lives compare to previous generations.

Why take part?

• Discover what’s new in the data at age 32.
• Learn how to access the data.
• Discover key findings and gain inspiration for your own research.
• Receive expert guidance on using the data effectively.
• Understand how to navigate available resources and get support.

Webinar presenters

Morag Henderson is a quantitative sociologist and Director of the Next Steps study. Her main research interest is educational inequalities and she has written extensively on the socio-economic attainment gap.

Alison Fang-Wei Wu is a Research Fellow for the Next Steps. Her research majorly focuses on mental health, and now she is exploring the associations between health and work.

Liam Wright is a Lecturer in Statistics and Survey Methodology. He has two strands of research, the first is methodological including representativeness, coverage and survey mode effects and the second is applied work examining changes in the determinants of health and social inequalities across time.

Sarab Rihal is the data manager for the Next Steps cohort study, supporting the data collection lifecycle and preparing the research data for deposit.

Bozena Wielgoszewska is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies and a member of the project team investigating the evidence of gender wage gaps in the cohort studies.