School Leavers' Survey (SLS), 2006

The 2006 School Leavers’ Survey was carried out by the ESRI for the Department of Education and Science. The School Leavers’ Survey provides an insight into the position, experiences, and attitudes of school leavers approximately one year after leaving second level education. The School Leavers’ Survey ran consecutively from 1980 through to 1999 and in 2002 and 2004. School leavers who exited the second-level system in the 2003/04 academic year (between September 2003 and the end of August 2004), provide the reference cohort for this study. The School Leavers’ Surveys are based on a stratified random sample of those leaving the official second-level system, which includes the Post Leaving Certificate sector (PLC). Respondents were interviewed between 20 and 26 months after leaving school.