Statistics Canada: Labour market and income

Description: The primary objective of the School Leavers Follow-up Survey, conducted in 1995, was to study the school-work transitions of young people beyond high school, particularly: 1. from the end of high school to the first job and 2. after the first job (i.e. various school-work and work-work transitions).

Who/what was surveyed: The target population consisted of young adults aged 18-20, residing in one of the 10 provinces in Canada. This follow-up survey re-interviewed the respondents to the 1991 School Leavers Survey.

date last in high school full-time
educational attainment
labour force status
education/training
employment while pursuing education/training
occupation
industry
job duration
job type
job dissatisfaction
wages/salaries
size of employer
job search methods

total number of reference jobs (jobs of 20 or more hours per week for 6 months or more)
first and most recent reference jobs
occupation/industry
size of employer
job type
wages/salary
education and work activities between time last in school full-time and first reference job or education and work activities between time last in school fulltime and time of interview

Skills
Volunteer activities
Quality of life
Educational status:
Type of respondent: not attending and did not complete secondary school, (leavers), still in high school, graduated from high school

sex
age
marital status
dependent children
education and income of spouse/partner
living arrangements
sources of income
personal income
financial satisfaction
language
immigration
activity limitation
parental education
occupation/industry

Frequency: The School Leavers Follow-up Survey is a one-time follow-up of respondents to the 1991 School Leavers Survey.

Sample size: 18,000 was the original sample size for the 1991 School Leavers Survey

Reference period: Data collected for 1) labour market and educational activities during the week prior to the interview; 2) selected labour market and education activities since last in high school full-time; 3) selected information collected for the last 12 months.

Response rates: 6,284 of the originally 9,460 respondents to the 1991 School Leavers Survey were re-interviewed: response rate of 66.4%.

What makes the data valuable: permits better estimation of high school leaver rates, more refined analysis of labour market experience and the transitions between high school, the labour force and additional education and training

After High School – The First Years - The First Report of the School Leavers Follow-up Survey, 1995. Minister of Public Works & Government Services Canada: 1996, Human Resources Development Canada, Catalogue LM-419-09-96. This publication is available at http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/arb.
High School May Not Be Enough – An Analysis of Results from the School Leavers Follow-up Survey, 1995. Minister of Public Works & Government Services Canada: 1998. Human Resources Development Canada, Catalogue No. SP-105-05-98, Statistics Canada, Catalogue No. 81-585-XBE. . This publication is available at http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/arb.
A micro data file containing both the 1991 and 1995 data is available with a user’s guide.

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