National Apprenticed Trades Survey

Detailed information for 1994

This survey is to examine the labour market experience of completers and discontinuers of a registered apprenticeship program two years after they left the program.

Data release - Fall of 1995

• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

This survey is to examine the labour market experience of completers and discontinuers of a registered apprenticeship program two years after they left the program.

Subjects

• Education, training and learning
• Labour
• Outcomes of education

Data sources and methodology

Sampling

This is a sample survey with a cross-sectional design.

Data sources

Responding to this survey is voluntary.

Data are collected directly from survey respondents.

Provincial departments of labour provided survey frame information; focus groups were conducted by a consulting firm; all other survey activities were conducted by Statistics Canada. A representative sample was selected and sent to regional offices for tracing. A number of traced cases were then interviewed.

Disclosure control

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.