Measuring the Effectiveness of Student Aid, 2005-2008 [Canada]

The Measuring the Effectiveness of Student Aid (MESA) dataset comprises a sample of low income students receiving student financial aid in 2006-07. Students were contacted first (Cycle I) in February-May of that academic year (the precise date varying by province), and were then followed up in 2007-08 (Cycle II), contacted in February-April of that year. Students will be contacted again in 2008-09 for the last time. The dataset represents a national sample, including all provinces-except for Prince Edward Island. In the spring and summer of 2005, the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation negotiated a series of agreements with provincial governments to deliver a set of bursaries (known as “Access Bursaries”) to first-time, first-year undergraduates from low-income families. These agreements are all broadly similar though eligibility criteria vary slightly by jurisdiction (section 1, below, describes the Access Bursaries as they exist in each province). Students do not need to apply for the award separately; instead, they are automatically considered for the award through their application for provincial student assistance. The sample represents a particular subset of the students who received student financial aid in their first year of post-secondary education in 2006-07. In the majority of the provinces, this subset consists of the students who received a Low Income Bursary from the Millennium Scholarship Foundation. In British Columbia and Nova Scotia, a control group made up of students who received financial aid but not the Millennium Bursary was surveyed as well. The Ontario sample is made up those Millennium Bursary recipients who also received a Canada Access Grant and those who did not, with sub-samples selected from each group (all appear together in the data but can be separately identified). The Bursary and the Grant are awarded in similar amounts, but the eligibility requirements are different. This dataset was freely received from the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. Some work was required for the variable and value labels, and missing values. They were corrected as best as possible with the documentation received. Caution should be used with this dataset as some variables are lacking information.学生资助效果测评（Measuring the Effectiveness of Student Aid, MESA）数据集涵盖了2006-2007学年接受学生经济资助的低收入学生样本。调研对象首先于该学年的2月至5月（具体日期因省份而异）完成第一轮（Cycle I）调研，随后在2007-2008学年开展第二轮（Cycle II）随访调研，受访时间为当年2月至4月，最后一轮回访将于2008-2009学年进行。 本数据集为全国代表性样本，覆盖除爱德华王子岛省外的所有加拿大省份。2005年春夏两季，加拿大千禧奖学金基金会（Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation）与各省政府达成一系列协议，旨在为来自低收入家庭的首次入学一年级本科生提供一批助学金（下称"Access Bursaries"，准入助学金）。尽管各辖区的资格认定标准略有差异，但各协议整体框架基本一致（下文第1小节将详述各省份的准入助学金细则）。学生无需单独申请该助学金，只需通过省级学生资助申请流程，即可自动获得资助资格审核。 本数据集的样本为2006-2007学年首次接受高等教育并获得学生经济资助的学生中的特定子集。在大多数省份，该子集由获得千禧奖学金基金会低收入助学金的学生构成；在不列颠哥伦比亚省与新斯科舍省，调研同时覆盖了一组对照组——即仅获得其他经济资助、未获得千禧助学金的学生。安大略省的样本则包含两类学生：一是同时获得千禧助学金与加拿大准入补助金（Canada Access Grant）的受助者，二是仅获得千禧助学金的受助者，两组均各自抽取子样本（所有样本均整合于同一数据集，但可通过标识区分）。该助学金与补助金的发放金额相近，但资格认定要求存在差异。 本数据集由加拿大千禧奖学金基金会无偿提供。针对变量标签、取值标签与缺失值均需进行预处理工作，并依据所获文档尽可能完成修正与清理。由于部分变量存在信息缺失，使用本数据集时需谨慎。