HSLS:09 Base Year to Second Follow-up Restricted-use Data File, including Postsecondary Education Transcript Study and Student Financial Aid Records

The High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, Second Follow-Up (HSLS:09/16) is a data collection that is part of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009. HSLS:09/16 (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/hsls09/) is a longitudinal follow-up that collects information on college entry, persistence, and success as well as factors that shape students' decision-making about courses and postsecondary options. The data collection included a student survey. The target population for this collection consists of students from the HSLS:09 cohort who were ninth-grade students in public and private schools in the 2009–2010 school year (base year). Key statistics to be produced from HSLS:09/16 consist of an array of young-adulthood outcomes among fall 2009 ninth-graders, including delayed high school completion, postsecondary enrollment, early postsecondary persistence and attainment, labor market experiences, family formation, and family financial support. The data file also provides data obtained during the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) Postsecondary Education Transcript Study and Student Financial Aid Records Collection (PETS-SR).