한국아동 성장발달 종단연구 2025 (한국아동패널 Ⅱ)

Abstract

The Panel Study on Korean Children(PSKC) is the first long-term birth cohort study in Korea initiated from the neonatal period. It follows a cohort of children born in 2008, with the first survey conducted in 2008 and successive waves planned through 2027, when the cohort enters adulthood. In 2025, the 18th wave of data collection was implemented. The study investigates characteristics of parents, families, early childhood care and education, and school and private education that influence children’s growth and development. Multiple informants are surveyed, including the child, the main caregiver, each parent, teachers in early childhood care and education institutions, and teachers in school, thereby building a rich, multilevel data set that captures children and the systems surrounding them.

In 2025, this study was conducted in the following five parts. First, the 18th wave survey was conducted with panel households whose children were entering the second year of high school in 2025, including surveys of the child, the main caregiver, each parent, and the child’s school teacher. Second, cross-sectional analyses were carried out using the 17th main survey and the fifth in-depth survey conducted in 2024, focusing on key variables in the domains of children, parents, families, schools, communities, and policy, and incorporating the family and multicultural attitudes module from the in-depth survey. Third, using the accumulated longitudinal data, analyses of attrition patterns and long-term trends in major variables were conducted from the first through the seventeenth waves (2008–2024), examining patterns and correlates of participation and dropout, as well as trajectories of children’s daily life, learning, socio-emotional development, relationships with parents, and physical development. Fourth, the 16th Panel Study on Korean Children(PSKC) Academic Conference were held. In particular, the 2025 conference and data briefing were jointly held with the Korean Early Childhood Education & Care Panel Study of the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE). Fifth, waves 1–16 were systematically managed and user-support tasks were undertaken, including updating and quality-checking the datasets, questionnaires, instrument profiles, variable maps, and user guides.

As of 2024, a total of 1,605 scholarly outputs have utilized the panel data from Waves 1 to 14, including 1,149 journal articles, 288 conference presentations, and 144 academic theses. In 2024 alone, 131 journal articles, 29 theses, and 27 conference presentations were produced using the data. In particular, the number of theses in 2024 represents the highest annual utilization since the data were first released in 2010.