Monitoring School Leavers 2006

The research project Monitoring is dedicated to the various aspects of educational and occupational choices of high-school graduates and freshmen. Since 1995 high-school students who were in their senior year and college and university freshmen have been interviewed (telephone interview or written interview) in the form of representative surveys. The question topics were motives, information behaviour, decision-making and current developments in the education sector and the professional world. The main aim of the survey is to gain a scientific basis for the information service. Plans and their realisation are analysed in the temporal longitudinal section. Decision making and the satisfaction with the occupational choice as well as attitudes and values are the focal point of the survey. The main interest is the graduates’ (year 2006) short-term and long-term plans for their future. Their overall attitude towards educational and occupational possibilities as well as concrete plans. Motives and factors of influence - especially information and its media - for the educational and occupational choice as well as the underlying values are of centrality. The results of the questions of the usage and the importance of educational and occupational information as well as the level of knowledge concerning this topic and possibly deficient areas shall give practice-oriented advice to the commissioner Arbeitsmarktservice AMS (job centre) and other job information centres. Furthermore, confidence in making the decision and problem situations as well as attitudes towards current developments in the education and professional world.

本研究项目「监测（Monitoring）」聚焦于高中毕业生与大学新生在教育及职业选择领域的各类维度。自1995年起，项目组以代表性抽样调查的形式，对当时的高三学生及大学新生开展访谈（访谈形式包括电话访谈与书面访谈）。调研议题涵盖教育与职业领域的动机、信息获取行为、决策过程及最新发展动态。本次调研的核心目标是为信息服务提供科学依据，通过纵向时间维度分析规划及其落地实现情况。决策过程、职业选择满意度，以及相关态度与价值观，是此次调研的核心关注点。调研的核心关注对象为2006届高中毕业生的短期与长期未来规划，以及他们对教育与职业机遇的整体态度与具体计划。教育与职业选择的动机、影响因素（尤其是信息及其传播媒介），以及背后支撑的价值观，均为调研的核心内容。针对教育与职业信息的使用情况、重要性认知、相关知识水平及潜在盲区设置的调研问题所得结果，将为委托方奥地利就业服务局（Arbeitsmarktservice AMS，即就业中心）及其他职业信息中心提供务实导向的咨询参考。此外，调研还涵盖决策信心、困境情境，以及对教育与职业领域当前发展的态度等相关内容。