School Leavers Follow-up Survey, 1995 [Canada]

The survey was designed to address questions of what environmental, social,attitudinal, personal and economic factors contribute to the early departureof some students from school to the labour force, their early labour market experiences and their quality of life. This survey collected information on the level of education attained, experiences in school, family background,etc., from individuals 18 - 20 years old who are classified into one of three groups; dropped out of high school before graduation; still in high school; and graduated. <br> In early 1994, HRDC requested that Statistics Canada re-interview the 1991survey 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 bey ond high school, particularly: 1. from the end of highschool 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 weeks (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.

本调查旨在探究哪些环境、社会、态度、个人及经济因素会促使部分学生过早辍学进入劳动力市场，同时收集该群体的早期劳动力市场经历与生活质量相关信息。本次调查的受访对象为18至20岁的年轻人，根据其就学状态分为三类：高中毕业前辍学、仍在读高中、已高中毕业，调查收集了受访对象的受教育程度、在校经历、家庭背景等相关信息。
1994年初，加拿大人力资源开发部（Human Resources Development Canada, HRDC）要求加拿大统计局对1991年调查的受访对象进行回访。随后，辍学者追踪调查（School Leavers Follow-up Survey, SLFS）于1995年9月至12月间开展，本次调查同样采用计算机辅助电话访谈（Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing, CATI）工具。本次追踪调查的核心目标是探究年轻人高中毕业后的校-业过渡情况，具体涵盖两大方向：1. 从高中毕业到获得首份工作的过渡；2. 获得首份工作后的过渡（即各类校-业与业-业过渡场景）。
注：辍学者追踪调查收集了受访对象高中毕业后的劳动力市场状况与教育培训相关信息，具体包括：受教育程度；受访前一周的教育与工作情况；首份参照工作与最近一份参照工作（参照工作指时长达标，即每周工作时长至少20小时且连续工作至少6个月的岗位）；从最后一次全日制高中就读到获得首份参照工作的间隔时长；从最后一次全日制高中就读到受访前一周所从事工作（或受访前一周起始时所从事工作）的间隔时长；以及通用工作相关信息。