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This survey was designed to determine such factors as: the extent to which graduates of postsecondary programs had been successful in obtaining employment since graduation; the relationship between the graduates' programs of study and the employment subsequently obtained; the graduates' job and career satisfaction; the rates of under-employment and unemployment; the type of employment obtained related to career expectations and qualification requirements; and the influence of postsecondary education on occupational achievement. The information is directed towards policy makers, researchers, educators, employers and young adults-interested in postsecondary education and the transition from school to work of trade/vocational, college and university graduates.

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Content note

The respondents to this survey are contacted two years and five years after their graduation.

Microdata specifications

Survey years/Cohort covered :

1984 and 1987/Class of 1982

1988 and 1991/Class of 1986

1992 and 1995/Class of 1990

1997/Class of 1995

2005/Class of 2000

Universe:

All graduates of university, college, and trade vocational programs (trade vocational programs were not covered in 1978).

Sample size:

1978: 29,609; 1984: 35,717; 1986: 31,167; 1988: 40,814; 1991: 35,401; 1992: 36,280

Collection method: Telephone interview.

Subjects

Keywords

architecture, bachelor's degrees, biology, business and commerce, career development, certificates and diplomas, classification codes, colleges, computer science, computer-assisted telephone interviews, confidentiality, continuing education, data capture, data collection, data editing, data processing, data quality, doctoral degrees, economists, employment, engineering, handbooks, health professionals, health services, imputation (statistics), interviews, job satisfaction, jobs, labour market, law, management, master's degrees, mathematics, medical specialists, models, natural sciences, nonresponse rate, occupations, physical sciences, policies, postsecondary education, provincial differences, qualifications, quality control, questionnaires, random rounding, research, respondents, response rate, sampling and weighting, sciences, secretaries, skills, social sciences and humanities, student loans, survey methodology, survey sampling, surveys, technology, transition from school to work, transportation services, type of work, underemployment, unemployment, universities, university degrees, university graduates, visual arts, vocational training, volunteer work, youth.

Free access

These data are available at no additional charge to Canadian educational institutions participating in the Data Liberation Initiative.

Bilingual products

Some bilingual products have changed to separate English and French products. In these cases, back issues are bilingual and the more recent issues are unilingual.

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Sponsors

Human Resources and Social Development Canada