Graduate Destination Survey, 1999

The aim of the Graduate Careers Council of Australia's annual Graduate Destination Survey is to collect information about the activities of Australia's higher eduacation graduates, after the completion of their degree. The survey has been conducted annually since 1974. The target population for the survey is graduates who had completed requirements for higher education qualifications in the previous calendar year, including graduates residing overseas and international students. The survey variables can be broadly catagorised into three areas of investigation: Course, Employment and Further study. Course variables include level of qualification attained; field of study; attendence, length of time taken to to complete course; and employer support during course. Employment variables include employment status at census date; whether employed full-time or part-time; whether a short-term of permanent employee; occupation at census date; annual salary; and length of service. Further study variables include level of current qualification; field of study; attendence; date of course commencement; and institution attended. Background variables include age and sex; residency status; home state; disability; non-english speaking background; first educational qualification after leaving school; and highest educational qualification prior to undertaking the course.澳大利亚毕业生就业委员会（Graduate Careers Council of Australia）年度毕业生去向调查旨在收集澳大利亚高等教育毕业生完成学位后的相关活动信息。该调查自1974年起每年开展一次，其调查目标总体为上一自然年内完成高等教育学历要求的毕业生，涵盖海外居住毕业生与国际学生。调查变量可大致划分为三大研究领域：课程、就业与深造。其中课程相关变量包括获授学历层次、研究领域、就读形式、完成课程耗时，以及就读期间的雇主支持情况；就业相关变量包括普查时点的就业状态、全职/兼职就业情况、短期/永久雇员身份、普查时点的职业、年薪，以及服务时长；深造相关变量包括当前学历层次、研究领域、就读形式、课程开始日期，以及就读院校；背景变量则包括年龄与性别、居留身份、常住州/领地、残疾情况、非英语背景、离校后的首项教育资质，以及修读该课程前的最高教育学历。