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. 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.