National Graduates Survey (NGS)

Page Logic

1. Stream with only SDDS number in the parameter
• If valid SDDS, retrieve the Survey related to :
• the latest displayable Instance a Data Release time frame
• or the latest displayable Instance if a Data Release time frame does not exist
2. Stream with Instance Item_Id parameter (link via Other reference periods)
the parameters could be modified manually in the URL so validate :
• Instance is displayable
• Instance is related to the Survey

The 404 page is displayed if any validation fails in either display stream.

Survey_Item_Id=1444
Survey_Data_Id=20168
Survey_Version=2
SDDS=5012
Instance_Item_Id=6009
Instance_Data_Id=15771
Instance_Version=5

Detailed information for 1991 (class of 1986: follow-up)

Survey title = Preferred (Abbreviation)
Date modified on the page = Instance ADMIN_RECORD.UpdateTime

• SURVEY.Continous_Type
• SURVEY.Frequency
• SURVEY.SDDS
• SURVEY NOTE_TERM=Purpose
• Detailed information for INSTANCE Reference Period
• INSTANCE Data Release Date
• TOC hyperlinks are Survey h3 headings and Methodology h3 and h4 headings.

The National Graduate Survey (NGS) is designed to measure the short to medium-term labour market outcomes of graduates from Canadian public university, community college and trade-vocational programs.

Data release - May 1996 Release from TimeFrame

• Description
• Data sources and methodology
• Data accuracy

Description logic

• Description heading = script assigned. Survey preferred TET.ItemDescription
• Statistical Activity Heading=COMPONENT_TERM.Name, Description=preferred TET.ItemDescription. DOCUMENTATION links.
• Survey Reference Period
• Survey Collection Period
• Subject Heading = script assigned. Primary CLASSIFICATION.Classification_Type=Theme CET.Tag linked to the Survey. Ordered Alphabetically.

Description

This survey was designed to determine such factors as: the extent to which graduates of postsecondary programs had been successful in obtaining employment since graduation; the relationship between the graduates' programs of study and the employment subsequently obtained; the graduates' job and career satisfaction; the rates of under-employment and unemployment; the type of employment obtained related to career expectations and qualification requirements; and the influence of postsecondary education on occupational achievement. The information is directed towards policy makers, researchers, educators, employers and young adults-interested in postsecondary education and the transition from school to work of trade/vocational, college and university graduates.

This survey has been conducted periodically upon a graduating class from a specific calendar year. Each graduating class is interviewed twice: two years after graduation (National Graduates Survey) and five years after graduation (Follow-up Survey of Graduates).

Subjects

• Education, training and learning CL_Item_Id=97413 CE_Id=377 CE_StartDate=01010001 CE_Code=1821 Classification_Code=06
• Employment and unemployment CL_Item_Id=97413 CE_Id=439 CE_StartDate=01010001 CE_Code=1803 Classification_Code=06
• Fields of study CL_Item_Id=97413 CE_Id=381 CE_StartDate=01010001 CE_Code=1586 Classification_Code=06
• Labour CL_Item_Id=97413 CE_Id=438 CE_StartDate=01010001 CE_Code=2621 Classification_Code=06
• Outcomes of education CL_Item_Id=97413 CE_Id=341 CE_StartDate=01010001 CE_Code=3073 Classification_Code=06

Methodology Display Logic:
Headings=COMPONENT_TERM.Name:
Preferred TET.ItemDescription followed by an additional DOCUMENTATION link.

Items are displayed, if they exist, in the following order.
- Target population (Universe AI)
- Instrument design
- Sampling
* boiler text for SURVEY.Census_Type
- Data sources (Collection)
* includes Instance Collection period,
* boiler text for SURVEY.Direct_Type, Derived_Type and Administrative_Type fields
* link to Instrument
- Imputation (Suppress if no data release)
- Estimation (Suppress if no data release)
- Quality evaluation (Suppress if no data release)
- Disclosure control (Suppress if no data release)
- Time Series (Suppress if no data release)
- Non-response (Suppress if no data release)

Data sources and methodology

Target population

UNIVERSE_SURVEY_MAP Returned Item_Id=41018 with Displayable=1 using Query Item_Id=1444 Graduates from Canadian public postsecondary education institutions (universities, colleges, trade schools) who graduated or completed the requirements for degrees, diplomas or certificates during the reference calendar year. Excluded are: graduates from private postsecondary education institutions; completers of continuing-education programs (unless these led to a degree, diploma or certificate); part-time trade course completers; persons who completed vocational programs lasting less than three months; persons who completed vocational programs other than in the skilled trades (e.g. basic training and skill development); completers of provincial apprenticeship programs and those living outside of Canada at the time of the survey.

Sampling

This is a sample survey with a cross-sectional design and a longitudinal follow-up.

METHODOLOGY_AI_MAP Returned Item_Id=38277 with Displayable=1 using Query Item_Id=6009 The survey includes all respondents from the National Graduates Survey (Class of 1986) living in Canada at the time of the survey. It is based on a stratified systematic sample design. The population of graduates was stratified by province, level and field of study. The five levels are: skilled trades, college, undergraduate (degrees, diplomas and certificates), master's (including postgraduate diplomas and certificates) and doctorate. For university and college graduates there were nine groups of fields of study and for trade and vocational program completers, ten.

Once that step was completed, an additional sample of 3,333 university and college graduates was selected for Alberta, at the request of the Alberta government. The added sample was split among field-of-study groups within the two levels.

Data sources

Data collection for this reference period: March and April 1991

Responding to this survey is voluntary.

Data are collected directly from survey respondents.

METHODOLOGY_AI_MAP Returned Item_Id=37878 with Displayable=1 using Query Item_Id=6009 Telephone interviews were conducted with respondents living in Canada.

Error detection

METHODOLOGY_AI_MAP Returned Item_Id=35772 with Displayable=1 using Query Item_Id=6009 Because the survey is a sample it is subject to some degree of sampling error. In addition, there is some non-sampling error which is caused by interviewers misunderstanding instructions, respondents incorrectly answering a question, errors in data capture, etc.; Randomly occuring errors will have little effect on estimates derived from the survey. However, errors occuring systematically will contribute to biases in the estimates. Considerable time and effort was made to reduce non-sampling errors. Quality assurance measures were implemented at each step of the data collection and processing cycle to monitor the quality of the data.

Estimation

METHODOLOGY_AI_MAP Returned Item_Id=37858 with Displayable=1 using Query Item_Id=6009 Total non-response was handled by adjusting the weight of households who responded to the survey to compensate for those who did not respond.

The basis for measuring the potential size of sampling errors is the standard error of the estimates derived from survey results.

However, because of the large variety of estimates that can be produced from a survey, the standard error of an estimate is usually expressed relative to the estimate to which it pertains. This resulting measure, known as the coefficient of variation (C.V.) of an estimate, is obtained by dividing the standard error of the estimate by the estimate itself and is expressed as a percentage of the estimate.

Disclosure control

METHODOLOGY_AI_MAP Returned Item_Id=38100 with Displayable=1 using Query Item_Id=6009 Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Various confidentiality rules are applied to all data that are released or published to prevent the publication or disclosure of any information deemed confidential. If necessary, data are suppressed to prevent direct or residual disclosure of identifiable data.

In order to prevent any data disclosure, confidentiality analysis is done using the Statistics Canada Generalized Disclosure Control System (G-Confid). G-Confid is used for primary suppression (direct disclosure) as well as for secondary suppression (residual disclosure). Direct disclosure occurs when the value in a tabulation cell is composed of or dominated by few enterprises while residual disclosure occurs when confidential information can be derived indirectly by piecing together information from different sources or data series.

Display logic after methodology:
- Data Accuracy
- Documentation links with Preferred name, description related to the Survey and Instance
- Datafile

Data accuracy

METHODOLOGY_AI_MAP Returned Item_Id=37919 with Displayable=1 using Query Item_Id=6009 The sample allocation to the strata was made to allow analysis at acceptable levels of detail with acceptable reliability for all provinces, levels and groups of fields of study, as defined for the graduate surveys for the Class of 1982.

An independent systematic random sample of allocated size was selected from each stratum.

An additional sample of university and college graduates was selected from Alberta.

The response rate was 88%.