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1995 School Leavers Follow-Up Survey            (SLF)
1995 Le Suivi de l'Enquête auprès des sortants  (SEAS)


Abstract:

In the late 1980s, Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) commissioned
Statistics Canada to conduct a survey to identify the characteristics and
consequences of leaving school. Between April and June 1991, computer assisted
telephone interviews (CATI) obtained demographic/background data, information
on school experiences and post-school labour market experiences from 9,460
young people aged 18 to 20. The 1991 respondents were classified into one of
three groups:  continuers (still in high school), graduates (had received a
high school certificate or diploma), or leavers (not in high school and did
not have a high school certificate or diploma).

In early 1994, HRDC requested that Statistics Canada re-interview the 1991
survey 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 beyond high school, particularly: 1. from the end of high
school 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 week's (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.




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SURVEY STRUCTURE FOR THE DLI COLLECTION
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File(s) Prefix

slf      : School Leavers Follow-up Survey
   95    : Survey Year
     cbk : Codebook
     dat : Data
     gid : Documentation and User's Guide
     ins : Interviewer Instructions
     que : Questionnaire
     var : Variance Tables
        v2: Version 2

File(s) Suffix (extension)

.doc  :  Microsoft Word
.pdf  :  Adobe Acrobat
.wp   :  WordPerfect 6 and previous version
.wpd  :  Wordperfect
.xls  :  Microsoft Excel
.zip  :  WinZip compressed file(s)
.exe  :  self extract

.dat  :  Data file(s)
.sas  :  SAS  code
.sps  :  SPSS code
.txt  :  Text file(s)

NOTE:  - file(s) with extension
       .doc, .pdf, .wp, .wpd, .xls, .zip, .exe are Binary and
       .dat, .sas, .sps, .txt                  are Ascii

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DIRECTORY:  /dli/sls/
            /dli/sls/1995-slf/data
            /dli/sls/1995-slf/doc
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DATA FILE(S):
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DIRECTORY:  /dli/sls/1995-slf/data

  filename                   size        description

slf95dat.zip              948 912        compressed slf95pub.dta

     736 Maximum line length, (in file slf95pub.dta) constant records
    6284 Line feeds
 4637592 Total characters

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DOCUMENTATION(S):
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DIRECTORY:  /dli/sls/1995-slf/doc

English              French               description

sls91que.pdf, .wpd   eas91que.pdf, .wpd   Questionnaire "School Leavers Survey"

slf95cbk.pdf, .txt   seas95cbk.pdf, .txt  Codebook     "Follow-Up"

slf95gid.pdf, .wpd   seas95gid.pdf, .wpd  User's guide "Follow-Up"

slf95ins.pdf, .wpd   seas95ins.pdf, .wpd  Interviewer Instructions "Follow-Up"

slf95que.pdf, .wpd   seas95que.pdf, .wpd  Questionnaire      "Follow-Up"

slf95var.pdf, .wpd   seas95var.pdf, .wpd  Variance Tables    "Follow-Up"



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COMMAND FILE(S):  SPSS code and/or SAS
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DIRECTORY /dli/sls/1995-slf/doc/

English         French         description

slf95.sps       seas95.sps     SPSS Code "School Leavers Follow-Up Survey"


NOTE: -file(s) with extension .doc, .pdf, .wp, .wpd, .xls, .zip, .exe are
       Binary and
      -file(s) with extension .dat, .sas, .sps, .txt are Ascii
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