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School Leavers Survey
In the late 1980s, Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) commissioned Statistics Canada to conduct a survey to identify the characteristics and consequences of leaving school. Between April and June 1991, computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) obtained demographic/background data, information on school experiences and post-school labour market experiences from 9,460 young people aged 18 to 20. The 1991 respondents were classified into one of three groups: continuers (still in high school), graduates (had received a high school certificate or diploma), or leavers (not in high school and did not have a high school certificate or diploma).
In early 1994, HRDC requested that Statistics Canada re-interview the 1991 survey respondents. The School Leavers Follow-up Survey (SLFS) was conducted between September and December 1995, again using the CATI instrument. The primary objective of the Follow-up 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).
Note:
The School Leavers Follow-up Survey gathers information on the respondents' labour market status and education/training beyond high school, for example: educational attainment; last week's (week preceding the interview) education and work; reference jobs first and most recent reference job (a reference job is one of sufficient duration, that is, a job involving at least 20 hours of work per week for a period of at least six consecutive months) ; period between the last time in high school full-time and the beginning of the first reference job; period between the last time in high school full-time and the beginning of the job held in the week preceding the interview (or the beginning of the week preceding the interview); general work information.
Abstract:
In the late 1980s, Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) commissioned Statistics Canada to conduct a survey to identify the characteristics and consequences of leaving school. Between April and June 1991, computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) obtained demographic/background data, information on school experiences and post-school labour market experiences from 9,460 young people aged 18 to 20. The 1991 respondents were classified into one of three groups: continuers (still in high school), graduates (had received a high school certificate or diploma), or leavers (not in high school and did not have a high school certificate or diploma).
In early 1994, HRDC requested that Statistics Canada re-interview the 1991 survey respondents. The School Leavers Follow-up Survey (SLFS) was conducted between September and December 1995, again using the CATI instrument. The primary objective of the Follow-up 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).
Note:
The School Leavers Follow-up Survey gathers information on the respondents' labour market status and education/training beyond high school, for example: educational attainment; last week's (week preceding the interview) education and work; reference jobs first and most recent reference job (a reference job is one of sufficient duration, that is, a job involving at least 20 hours of work per week for a period of at least six consecutive months) ; period between the last time in high school full-time and the beginning of the first reference job; period between the last time in high school full-time and the beginning of the job held in the week preceding the interview (or the beginning of the week preceding the interview); general work information.
Survey years available at this
site:
School Leavers Follow-up Survey 1995
School Leavers Survey 1991
