Data Set

Secondary Education Survey in Hong Kong (SESHK)

Secondary Education Survey in Hong Kong (SESHK) is a project aims to contruct a network centric dataset for junior secondary school students in Hong Kong. It facilitates several economic research projects such as my job market paper “Additive Model with Endogenous Network”, and some works in progress such as “Type of Peers Matters: A Study of Peer Effects of Friends, Studymates and Seatmates on Academic Performance” (with ChungSang Tom Lam)

This project involved a survey on 1043 students from 5 secondary schools in Hong Kong. The survey is conducted in 2011 and is questionnaire based. Students are required to complete an approximately one hour long questionnaire. Students are form 1 to form 3 (equivalent to grade 7 to grade 9). The dataset constructed includes the following:

• Cognitive Ability Measures
  • Progressive Matrix Test
  • Memory Test
• Personality Traits
  • Big Five Inventory
  • Rosenberg Self-esteem
  • Eysenck Youth Questionnaire Impulsivity Subscale)
• Network Data
  • Friendship
  • Studymates
  • Emotional Support
  • Seating
• Peer Evaluation Data
• Hobbies
• Time Use Data
• Demographics
  • Gender
  • Height
  • Weight
  • Siblings
• Assessment Scores
  • Chinese Language
  • English Language
  • Mathematics
  • History
  • Science
  • Visual Art
  • Music
  • Physical Education
  • Conduct Grades

Questionnaire (in English)

Questionnaire (original, in Chinese)

Example of the social networks:

Friends and Studymates

The role of class (color) and gender (M/F)