Young Lives’ latest data (Round 7) is now available free via the UK Data Service.
Collected in 2023–24, when participants were aged 22 and 29, this data provides unique longitudinal insights into young people’s lives in Ethiopia, India and Peru post-COVID and amid ongoing crises including climate change and conflict.
Over more than two decades into the study, an amazing 81% of the original 12,000 participants took part in this round. The data shows some signs of recovery following the pandemic, but persistent inequalities continue to shape young people’s lives—particularly for the poorest and most disadvantaged.
With seven survey rounds following the same individuals over time—from infancy into adulthood—the Young Lives study provides a rich open-access resource for researchers worldwide, supporting more than 4,000 users across 75 countries over the past decade.
You can find out more about the Round 7 survey here.
To make the data accessible and support data users, two versions of the data have been archived: a set of raw datasets for each round of data collection and a constructed dataset for each of the study countries. The Round 1 to Round 7 dataset provides: (a) all the information from the previously archived Round 1 to 5 datasets; (b) data from the Round 6 “Listening to Young Lives at Work: COVID-19 Phone Survey” administered in 2020–2021 over five Calls and Round 7; and (c) additional information relevant to the age of our participants and related to labour market, family formation, obesity and overweight indicators for adults and mental health.
A Guide giving more detailed information on Rounds 1 to 7 constructed datasets is also to data users.
Young Lives’ latest data (Round 7) is now available free via the UK Data Service.
Collected in 2023–24, when participants were aged 22 and 29, this data provides unique longitudinal insights into young people’s lives in Ethiopia, India and Peru post-COVID and amid ongoing crises including climate change and conflict.
Over more than two decades into the study, an amazing 81% of the original 12,000 participants took part in this round. The data shows some signs of recovery following the pandemic, but persistent inequalities continue to shape young people’s lives—particularly for the poorest and most disadvantaged.
With seven survey rounds following the same individuals over time—from infancy into adulthood—the Young Lives study provides a rich open-access resource for researchers worldwide, supporting more than 4,000 users across 75 countries over the past decade.
You can find out more about the Round 7 survey here.
To make the data accessible and support data users, two versions of the data have been archived: a set of raw datasets for each round of data collection and a constructed dataset for each of the study countries. The Round 1 to Round 7 dataset provides: (a) all the information from the previously archived Round 1 to 5 datasets; (b) data from the Round 6 “Listening to Young Lives at Work: COVID-19 Phone Survey” administered in 2020–2021 over five Calls and Round 7; and (c) additional information relevant to the age of our participants and related to labour market, family formation, obesity and overweight indicators for adults and mental health.
A Guide giving more detailed information on Rounds 1 to 7 constructed datasets is also to data users.