Hodgen, Edith

On the edge of adulthood : young people's school and out-of-school experiences at 16. Technical report / Technical report Edith Hodgen. - x, 163 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

"May 2009"--Government Website. "CL @ 16 is the seventh phase of the Competent Children, Competent Learners longitudinal study" -- T.p verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 163).

Introduction -- Scale variables, cluster variables, and history variables -- Statistical methodology -- Overview of the relationships between factor and cluster variables and school and social characteristics -- Overview of the relationships between factor and cluster variables -- Family and friends -- Relationship between class, friends, and home -- Engagement -- NCEA results and our competency measures.

Competent Children, Competent Learners is a longitudinal study which began in 1993 and follows the progress of a sample of around 500 New Zealand young people from early childhood education through schooling and beyond. This technical report has been written to stand alongside the main report from the age-16 phase of the study, On the edge of adulthood: Young people's school and out-of-school experiences at 16, and provides in-depth coverage of the methodology used to analyse the data and more details of the results.



0478139527 9780478139525

RMR-902 Ministry of Education


Competent Children Longitudinal Research Project.


Social adjustment--New Zealand--Wellington (Region)--Longitudinal studies
Social skills--New Zealand--Wellington (Region)--Longitudinal studies
Education, Secondary--New Zealand--Wellington (Region)--Longitudinal studies
Academic achievement--New Zealand--Wellington (Region)--Longitudinal studies
High school students--New Zealand--Wellington (Region)--Longitudinal studies
Youth--Attitudes--New Zealand--Wellington (Region)--Longitudinal studies
Youth--Social conditions--New Zealand--Wellington (Region)--Longitudinal studies

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