National Graduates Survey - Class of 2009/2010

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_R01

I would like to ask you a few questions about the program you completed in 2009/2010.

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q02

Was your major field of study or specialization for this program [field of study provided by the educational institution]?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q03

What was your major field of study or specialization for your [certificate/diploma/degree] program?

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q04A

Did you have any other major field(s) of study or specialization?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q04B

What was it?

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q05

Compared to the rest of your graduating class in your field(s) of study, did you rank academically...?

• 1: In the top 10%
• 2: Below the top 10% but in the top 25%
• 3: Below the top 25% but in the top half
• 4: Below the top half
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q06A

In what year did you start your program at [your educational institution]?

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q06B

In what month was that?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q07

Were you enrolled in your [certificate/diploma/degree] program as...?

• 1: A full-time student
• 2: A part-time student
• 3: Both full-time and part-time student
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q08

What were the reasons you didn't take this program full-time only?

• 01: Had a full-time job
• 02: Had a part-time job
• 03: Lack of money
• 04: Caring for own children, maternity or parental leave, pregnancy
• 05: Other family responsibilities
• 06: Health reasons
• 07: Program not offered full-time
• 08: Program not offered in my region
• 09: Only needed one/a few credits/courses
• 10: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q09

Did you take any leaves of absence from your studies that delayed the completion of your program?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q10

What were the reasons you took a leave of absence from your studies?

• 01: Had a full-time job
• 02: Had a part-time job
• 03: Lack of money
• 04: Caring for own children, maternity or parental leave, pregnancy
• 05: Other family responsibilities
• 06: Health reasons
• 07: Program not offered full-time
• 08: Only needed one/a few credits/courses
• 09: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q11A

In what year did you complete the requirements for your [certificate/diploma/degree] program? By "complete the requirements" I mean write the last exam, submit the last paper, report or assignment, or successfully defend your thesis.

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q11B

In what month was that?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_R12A

For the purpose of this interview, "graduation" means that you completed the requirements for your program.

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_R12B

For the purpose of this interview, "graduation" means that you completed the requirements for your program. We will be using the date which we received from your institution as the date you completed the requirements for your program.

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q12B

Was your [certificate/diploma/degree] program a co-op program?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q12C

Was the language of instruction of your [certificate/diploma/degree] program...?

• 1: English only
• 2: French only
• 3: Both English and French
• 4: English and another language
• 5: French and another language
• 6: Other
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q12D

Did this program include any components that were taken outside of Canada?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q13

How much of your [certificate/diploma/degree] program have you taken through correspondence or another type of distance education like Internet, television or video? Is that...?

• 1: None
• 2: Less than half
• 3: About half
• 4: More than half
• 5: All of it
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q14

What methods of distance education did you use?

• 1: Internet or e-mail
• 2: Correspondence by regular mail
• 3: Television or radio broadcasts
• 4: Videotapes or audio-cassettes
• 5: Video-conferencing (live)
• 6: Telephone or audio-conferencing (live)
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q15

Upon completion of your [certificate/diploma/degree] program, were there steps that you could have taken to obtain a licence to practise, register with your regulatory college/professional association, or obtain a professional designation?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q16

Have you obtained this licence, registration or professional designation? By obtained I mean that you have met all of the requirements, which include, but may not be limited to, successful completion of all national and/or provincial examinations.

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_R17

The following questions concern the factors involved in your choice of post-secondary program. Please respond using Very important, Somewhat important or Not important at all.

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q17A

How important were the following factors in your choice of post-secondary program:

future employment opportunities?

• 1: Very important
• 2: Somewhat important
• 3: Not important at all
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q17B

(How important were the following factors in your choice of post-secondary program:)

personal interest?

• 1: Very important
• 2: Somewhat important
• 3: Not important at all
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q17C

(How important were the following factors in your choice of post-secondary program:)

parents/friends recommendations?

• 1: Very important
• 2: Somewhat important
• 3: Not important at all
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q17D

(How important were the following factors in your choice of post-secondary program:)

reputation of program?

• 1: Very important
• 2: Somewhat important
• 3: Not important at all
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q17E

(How important were the following factors in your choice of post-secondary program:)

reputation of institution?

• 1: Very important
• 2: Somewhat important
• 3: Not important at all
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q17F

(How important were the following factors in your choice of post-secondary program:)

proximity to home?

• 1: Very important
• 2: Somewhat important
• 3: Not important at all
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q18

If you could choose again, would you select the same field of study or specialization that you completed [date completed requirement for program]?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Program confirmation (PR) - Question identifier:PR_Q19

What is the main reason you would not select the same field of study?

• 01: This field wasn't my first choice
• 02: Couldn't find work in my field
• 03: Not satisfied with current job
• 04: Not satisfied with salary in current job
• 05: Degree/course not acknowledged
• 06: Change of interest
• 07: Not satisfied with my choice of field of study
• 08: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q01A

Before you enrolled in your [certificate/diploma/degree] program, what other levels of education had you completed in a Canadian institution?

• 01: None
• 02: Elementary
• 03: High school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate
• 04: Registered apprenticeship, Journeyman certificate or Certificate of Qualification (C of Q)
• 05: Trade or vocational diploma/certificate
• 06: Community college or CEGEP certificate or diploma
• 07: Technical institute diploma or certificate
• 08: Hospital school of nursing or school of radiology certificate or diploma
• 09: University diploma or certificate below bachelor's degree
• 10: Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.Sc., B.Ed., B.A.Sc., B.Eng.)
• 11: First professional degree (degree in law, (LL.B.), medicine, (M.D.), dentistry, (D.D.S., D.M.D.), veterinary medicine, (D.V.M.), optometry, (O.D.))
• 12: University diploma or certificate above bachelor's degree but below master's level
• 13: Master's degree (e.g., M.Sc., M.A., M.Ed., M.B.A., M.A.Sc., M.Eng.)
• 14: Doctorate degree (e.g., Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Ed.)
• 15: Professional association diploma/certificate/licence (e.g., accounting, banking, insurance)
• 16: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q01B

Before you enrolled in your [certificate/diploma/degree] program, what other levels of education had you completed in a non-Canadian institution?

• 01: None
• 02: Elementary
• 03: High school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate
• 04: Registered apprenticeship, Journeyman certificate or Certificate of Qualification (C of Q)
• 05: Trade or vocational diploma/certificate
• 06: Community college or CEGEP certificate or diploma
• 07: Technical institute diploma or certificate
• 08: Hospital school of nursing or school of radiology certificate or diploma
• 09: University diploma or certificate below bachelor's degree
• 10: Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.Sc., B.Ed., B.A.Sc., B.Eng.)
• 11: First professional degree (degree in law, (LL.B.), medicine, (M.D.), dentistry, (D.D.S., D.M.D.), veterinary medicine, (D.V.M.), optometry, (O.D.))
• 12: University diploma or certificate above bachelor's degree but below master's level
• 13: Master's degree (e.g., M.Sc., M.A., M.Ed., M.B.A., M.A.Sc., M.Eng.)
• 14: Doctorate degree (e.g., Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Ed.)
• 15: Professional association diploma/certificate/licence (e.g., accounting, banking, insurance)
• 16: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q02A

Before you enrolled in your [certificate/diploma/degree] program, did you take any education towards a certificate, diploma or degree for which you have not yet completed the requirements? By "complete the requirements" I mean write the last exam, submit the last paper, report or assignment, or successfully defend your thesis.

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q02B

At what level of study was that?

• 1: At the high school level
• 2: In the trades
• 3: At the college, CEGEP or other non-university level
• 4: At the university level
• 5: Other
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q02C

What was your major field of study or specialization [highest certificate/diploma/degree] that you have not completed?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q02D

(What was your major field of study or specialization [highest certificate/diploma/degree] that you have not completed?)

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q04

During the 12 months before you enrolled in the [certificate/diploma/degree] program, what was your major activity? For example, was it going to school, working, family responsibilities, or without work and looking for work.

• 1: Going to school
• 2: Working
• 3: Working and going to school
• 4: Taking care of family or household responsibilities
• 5: Without work and looking for work
• 6: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q05

During the 12 months before you enrolled in the [certificate/diploma/degree] program, were you without work and looking for work for a period of four consecutive months or more?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q06

During these 12 months, was your last principal residence in [the provice or territory where you graduated]?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q07A

In what province or territory was it?

• 10: Newfoundland and Labrador
• 11: Prince Edward Island
• 12: Nova Scotia
• 13: New Brunswick
• 24: Quebec
• 35: Ontario
• 46: Manitoba
• 47: Saskatchewan
• 48: Alberta
• 59: British Columbia
• 60: Yukon
• 61: Northwest Territories
• 62: Nunavut
• 76: United States
• 77: Outside of Canada and United States
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q07B

During these 12 months, was your last principal residence in the same city where you graduated?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q08

Did you move specifically to...?

• 1: To enroll in the program
• 2: For another reason
• 3: Did not move
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q09

What distance did you move?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q10

Is this in kilometers or miles?

• 1: Kilometers
• 2: Miles
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q11

The following questions are about your work experience before you completed your [certificate/diploma/degree] program [date completed requirements for program]. Before you completed your program, did you ever work full-time, that is, usually 30 or more hours a week?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q12A

What was the total number of months or years of full-time work experience you had before completing your program?
Please add up the durations of all your full-time jobs, that is, jobs at which you usually worked 30 or more hours a week.

• 1: Answer in months
• 2: Answer in years
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q12B

What was the total number of months of full-time work experience you had before completing your program?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q12C

What was the total number of years of full-time work experience you had before completing your program?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q13

Did any of these full-time jobs last six consecutive months or more with the same employer?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q14

Thinking of the most recent of these full-time jobs that lasted six months or longer, did the job end before you completed your program?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q15A

Were you an employee or self-employed?

• 1: Employee
• 2: Self-employed
• 3: Working in a family business without pay
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q15B

What was the name of your business?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q15C

For whom did you work?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q16A

In what year did you start working for [this employer]?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q16B

In what month was this ?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q17A

In what year did your job with [this employer] end?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q17B

In what month was this ?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q18

What kind of business, industry or service was that?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q19

What was your work or occupation?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q20

In this work, what were your main activities?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q21

In what country was that job located?

• 1: Canada
• 2: United States
• 3: Other
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q22

During how many months in a year did you usually work at that job?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q23

Did you usually work every week of the month?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q24

How many weeks a month did you usually work at that job?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q25

[Excluding overtime, on average, how many paid hours did you usually work per week?/On average, how many hours did you usually work per week?]

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q26

What is the easiest way for you to tell us your wage or salary, including tips and commissions, before taxes and other deduction for that job? Would it be yearly, monthly, weekly, hourly or on some other basis?

• 01: Hourly
• 02: Daily
• 03: Weekly
• 04: Bi-weekly / every two weeks
• 05: Semi-monthly / twice a month
• 06: Monthly
• 07: Yearly
• 08: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q27

How many days a week did you usually work at that job?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q28

Including tips and commissions, what was your [hourly/daily/weekly/yearly, etc.] wage or salary, before taxes and other deductions when you left that job [date from AB_Q17A and AB_Q17B]?

Activities before graduation (AB) - Question identifier:AB_Q30

Was this amount in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 3: Other
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

United States (US) - Question identifier:US_Q01

Since graduating from your [certificate/diploma/degree] program, have you ever lived in the United States?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

United States (US) - Question identifier:US_Q02A

In what year did you first arrive in the United States after graduating from your [certificate/diploma/degree] program?

United States (US) - Question identifier:US_Q02B

In what month was that?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

United States (US) - Question identifier:US_Q03

[Have you worked/Did you work] at a job or business while living in the United States?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

United States (US) - Question identifier:US_Q06

Since your graduation, have you ever lived in a country other than Canada and the United States?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

United States (US) - Question identifier:US_Q07

In which country (countries) did you live?

• 1: Search (Open list of countries file (Cntry_STD_SCCAI_2010))
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_R01

The following questions are about the time when you first arrived in the United States.

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q03

What was your main activity during the 6 months before you relocated to the United States? For example, going to school, working, without work and looking for work, family responsibilities.

• 01: Going to school
• 02: Working
• 03: Working and going to school (only if time spent is equal)
• 04: Taking care of family or household responsibilities
• 05: Without work and looking for work
• 06: Travelling
• 07: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q04

During the 6 months before you relocated to the United States, did you look for [another job/a job] in Canada?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q05

During the 6 months before you relocated to the United States, did you have any career-related job offers from an employer in Canada?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q06

Why did you move to the United States? Was it mainly for...?

• 1: Work-related reasons
• 2: Schooling/education reasons
• 3: Marriage or a relationship with a significant other
• 4: Other family-related reasons
• 5: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q07A

When you first arrived in the United States [date from US_Q02A and US_Q02B], did you have a job arranged to start right away?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q07B

What aspects of the job or other work-related factors attracted you to the United States? Please be as specific as possible.

• 01: Higher salary
• 02: Lower taxes in the United States
• 03: Better employment benefits/perks
• 04: Wanted to work with particular colleagues or superiors
• 05: Wanted to work for a particular company/organization
• 06: Wanted to be where the action is/on the leading edge of a particular industry/field
• 07: Quality of the research facilities/commitment to research
• 08: Better career advancement opportunities
• 09: Type of work or tasks performed in the job
• 10: Chance to gain or develop skills
• 11: Greater availability of jobs in a particular/specialized field/industry
• 12: Greater availability of jobs in general
• 13: Work conditions
• 14: Company transfer
• 15: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q07C

What schooling or education-related factors attracted you to the United States?

• 01: Quality of the research facilities/commitment to research
• 02: Wanted to study with particular colleagues or superiors
• 03: High academic reputation of the program/institution
• 04: Availability of program in a particular/specialized field
• 05: Given academic scholarship
• 06: Given athletic scholarship
• 07: Offered teaching/research assistantship
• 08: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q08A

When you first arrived in the United States [date from US_Q02A and US_Q02B], did you have a job arranged to start right away?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q08B

Were you transferred to the United States?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q09

When you first arrived in the United States [date from US_Q02A and US_Q02B], were you enrolled in an American college or university? (i.e. next available semester).

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q10

Were you working towards a degree, a diploma, or a certificate lasting three months or more?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q11

What was your main activity when you first arrived in the United States [date from US_Q02A and US_Q02B]?

• 1: Taking care of family or household responsibilities
• 2: Without work and looking for work
• 3: Travel
• 4: Student
• 5: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q12

When you first arrived in the United States [date from US_Q02A and US_Q02B], what was your status in the United States, that is, were you a temporary resident (includes students) or permanent resident/green card holder?

• 1: Temporary resident (includes students)
• 2: Permanent resident/green card holder
• 3: American citizen
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q16

What is your current status in the United States? That is, are you a temporary resident, permanent resident/green card holder or American citizen?

• 1: Temporary resident (includes students)
• 2: Permanent resident/green card holder
• 3: American citizen
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q18

Do you intend to become a permanent resident of the United States within the next 2 years?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q19

Do you intend to return to Canada to live ?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q20

When do you intend to return to Canada to live?

• 1: Less than 1 year
• 2: 1-2 years
• 3: 3-5 years
• 4: 6-10 years
• 5: More than 10 years
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q28A

In what year did you return from the United States to live in Canada?

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q28B

In what month was that?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q29

Why did you return to Canada? Was it mainly for...?

• 1: Work-related reasons
• 2: Schooling/education reasons
• 3: Marriage or a relationship with a significant other
• 4: Other family-related reasons
• 5: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q30

When you first returned to Canada, did you have a job arranged to start right away?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q31

What aspects of the job or other work-related factors attracted you to Canada? Please be as specific as possible.

• 01: Higher salary
• 02: Better employment benefits/perks
• 03: Wanted to work with particular colleagues or superiors
• 04: Wanted to work for a particular company/organization
• 05: Wanted to be where the action is/on the leading edge of a particular industry/field
• 06: Quality of the research facilities/commitment to research
• 07: Better career advancement opportunities
• 08: Type of work or tasks performed in the job
• 09: Chance to gain or develop skills
• 10: Greater availability of jobs in a particular/specialized field/industry
• 11: Greater availability of jobs in general
• 12: Work conditions
• 13: Company transfer
• 14: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q32

What schooling or education-related factors attracted you to Canada?

• 01: Quality of the research facilities/commitment to research
• 02: Wanted to study with particular colleagues or superiors
• 03: High academic reputation of the program/institution
• 04: Availability of program in a particular/specialized field
• 05: Given academic scholarship
• 06: Given athletic scholarship
• 07: Offered teaching/research assistantship
• 08: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q33A

When you first returned to Canada, did you have a job arranged to start right away?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q33B

Were you transferred to Canada?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q34

When you left the United States [date from MU_Q28A and MU_Q28B], what was your status in the United States? That is, were you a temporary resident (includes students), permanent resident/green card holder or American citizen?

• 1: Temporary resident (includes students)
• 2: Permanent resident/green card holder
• 3: American citizen
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Graduates who live/lived in the US (MU) - Question identifier:MU_Q35

When you left the United States [date from MU_Q28A and MU_Q28B], what was your status in the United States? That is, were you a permanent resident/green card holder or American citizen?

• 1: Permanent resident/green card holder
• 2: American citizen
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q01

Did you attend school, college, CEGEP or university at any time between [Monday of last week] and [Sunday of last week]?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q02

Were you enrolled as...?

• 1: A full-time student
• 2: A part-time student
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q06

Did you have more than one job or business last week?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q08

Will you usually work 30 or more hours per week at that job?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q09

What is the main reason you will usually work less than 30 hours per week?

• 01: Own illness or disability
• 02: Caring for own children, maternity or parental leave, pregnancy
• 03: Caring for elder relative (60 years of age or older)
• 04: Other personal or family responsibilities
• 05: Going to school
• 06: Could not find work with 30 or more hours per week
• 07: Personal preference
• 08: Characteristic of the job
• 09: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q12

What did you do to look for a job?

• 01: Checked with family or friends
• 02: Looked at job ads (Internet)
• 03: Looked at job ads (newspapers, etc.)
• 04: Placed or answered job ads
• 05: Contacted employers directly
• 06: Contacted previous employer
• 07: Consulted a public employment agency (in person or website)
• 08: Consulted a private employment agency
• 09: Networked, attended job fair
• 10: Nothing
• 11: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q13

What was the main reason you did not look for a job in the last 4 weeks?

• 01: Own illness or disability
• 02: Caring for own children, maternity or parental leave, pregnancy
• 03: Other personal or family responsibilities
• 04: Going to school
• 05: No longer interested in finding a job
• 06: Waiting for recall (to a former job)
• 07: Has already found a new job
• 08: Waiting for replies from employer
• 09: Could not find the kind of job wanted
• 10: Discouraged with looking
• 11: Age, near retirement
• 12: No reason given
• 13: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_R14

Now I would like to talk to you about your [job/job, that is your main job, the one at which you worked the most number of hours] last week.

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q17A

Was this a postdoc position?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q17B

In order to find or to begin this job, did you move to...?

• 1: Another country
• 2: Another province
• 3: Another city
• 4: Within the same city
• 5: Or did not move
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q18

In what country was this job located?

• 1: Canada
• 2: United States
• 3: Other
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q19

In what province or territory was this job located?

• 10: Newfoundland and Labrador
• 11: Prince Edward Island
• 12: Nova Scotia
• 13: New Brunswick
• 24: Quebec
• 35: Ontario
• 46: Manitoba
• 47: Saskatchewan
• 48: Alberta
• 59: British Columbia
• 60: Yukon
• 61: Northwest Territories
• 62: Nunavut
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q20A

In what state was this job located?

• 1: Search (Open list of states)
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q20B

Is this the first job you had in the United States since you moved there [date from US_Q02A and US_Q02B]?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q22A

In what year did you start working for [this employer]?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q22B

In what month was that?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q22C

Is this your first job after graduation?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q24

Was this job permanent, or is there some way that it was not permanent (e.g. seasonal, temporary, term, casual, etc.)?

• 1: Permanent
• 2: Not permanent
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q25

In what way was this job not permanent?

• 1: Seasonal job
• 2: Temporary, term or contract job (non-seasonal)
• 3: Casual job
• 4: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q26A

What year will this job end?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q26B

What month will it be?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q44

Did you supervise other employees at your [job/main job] last week?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q45

How many employees on average did you directly supervise?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q49

When you were selected for this job, what level of education was needed to get the job?

• 01: No qualifications specified
• 02: Some high school
• 03: High school diploma/certificate
• 04: Some post-secondary education (level not specified)
• 05: Some trade or vocational
• 06: Trade or vocational diploma/certificate
• 07: Some college, CEGEP or similar institution, incl. nursing school
• 08: Diploma or certificate from college, CEGEP or similar institution incl. nursing school
• 09: University transfer in Alberta or British Columbia
• 10: Some university
• 11: University diploma or certificate below bachelor's level
• 12: Degree, level not specified
• 13: Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.Sc., B.Ed.)
• 14: University diploma or certificate, level not specified
• 15: University diploma or certificate above bachelor's level but below master's level
• 16: Master's degree (e.g., M.A., M.Sc., M.Ed.)
• 17: Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, law, optometry or theology (M.D., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.V.M., LL.B., O.D., M.DIV.)
• 18: Earned doctorate (e.g., Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Ed.)
• 19: Professional association diploma/certificate/licence (e.g., accounting, banking, insurance)
• 20: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q50

Did your employer specify that it must be in a specific field of study?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q51A

What field(s) of study?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q51B

(What field(s) of study?)

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q52

Did your employer specify that related work experience was essential for this job?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q53

What was the main method you used to find this job?

• 01: Referred by family, friends or teachers (professors)
• 02: Answered job ad (Internet)
• 03: Answered job ad (newspaper, etc.)
• 04: Contacted employer directly
• 05: Contacted previous employer/held job before
• 06: Campus placement office
• 07: Public Employment Agency
• 08: Private Employment Agency
• 09: Approached or contacted directly by employer/head hunter
• 10: Company transfer or assignment
• 11: Networking, job fair
• 12: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q54A

Considering your experience, education and training, do you feel that you are overqualified for the [job/main job] you held last week?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q54B

Considering your experience, education and training, do you feel that you are underqualifed for the [job/main job] you held last week?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q54C

Do you feel that you have the skills to cope with more demanding duties than those you are required to perform in your current job ?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q54D

Do you feel that you need further training in order to cope well with your present duties ?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q55

How closely is the [job/main job] you held last week related to your certificate, diploma or degree? Is it...?

• 1: Closely related
• 2: Somewhat related
• 3: Not related at all
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q56A

Considering all aspects of the [job/main job] you held last week, how satisfied were you with the job? Would you say you were...?

• 1: Very satisfied
• 2: Satisfied
• 3: Dissatisfied
• 4: Very dissatisfied
• 5: Neither satisfied or dissatisfied
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q56B

Considering the duties and responsibilities of this job, how satisfied were you with the money you made? Would you say that you were...?

• 1: Very satisfied
• 2: Satisfied
• 3: Dissatisfied
• 4: Very dissatisfied
• 5: Neither satisfied or dissatisfied
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q57A

Does this job provide any of the following...?

• 1: Extended health care benefits (not covered by provincial health)
• 2: A dental plan
• 3: Retirement plan benefits
• 4: Paid vacation
• 5: Sick leave benefits
• 6: None of the above
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q57B

Now a question about the languages used at work. In this job, what language do you use most often?

• 1: Search (Open list of languages)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q57C

Do you use any other language(s) on a regular basis in this job?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q57D

What are those languages?

• 1: Search (Open list of languages)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q58

In the past four weeks, have you looked for another job with a different employer?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q59

Do you want another job to replace the [job/main job] you had last week or serve as an additional job?

• 1: Replace current job
• 2: Additional job
• 3: Either
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q60

Why have you been looking for another job?

• 01: Want more work hours
• 02: Want fewer work hours
• 03: Want job that better corresponds with qualifications/training
• 04: Want better paying job
• 05: Want job closer to home
• 06: Want better working conditions
• 07: Want job in another region
• 08: Worried about losing current job
• 09: Want benefits (health, dental, pension, etc.)
• 10: Want to work in language of choice
• 11: Want a more culturally diverse workplace
• 12: End of job/contract
• 13: Want more challenges or responsibilities
• 14: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q61

What did you do in the past four weeks to look for another job?

• 01: Checked with family or friends
• 02: Looked at job ads (Internet)
• 03: Looked at job ads (newspapers, etc.)
• 04: Placed or answered job ads
• 05: Contacted employers directly
• 06: Contacted previous employer
• 07: Consulted a public employment agency (in person or website)
• 08: Consulted a private employment agency
• 09: Networked, attended job fair
• 10: Nothing
• 11: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q66

Did you have an incorporated business ?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q67

Did you have any paid employees?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q68

How many paid employees did you have?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q69

Now I would like you to think back to your decision to become self-employed. Did you become self-employed because you could not find suitable paid employment?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q70

What is the main reason you became self-employed instead of working for an employer?

• 01: Flexible hours
• 02: Balance of work and family
• 03: Possibility of working at home
• 04: Independence, freedom, own boss
• 05: Control, responsibility, decision making
• 06: Challenge, creativity, success, satisfaction
• 07: More money, unlimited income
• 08: Lower taxes, deductions
• 09: Less stress
• 10: Had to be self-employed (nature of job)
• 11: Joined or took over family business
• 12: Other opportunity
• 13: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q76A

Now a question about the languages used at work. In this job, what language do you use most often?

• 1: Search (Open list of languages)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q76B

Do you use any other language(s) on a regular basis in this job?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q76C

What are those languages?

• 1: Search (Open list of languages)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q77A

Considering the [job/main job] you held last week, during how many months in a year would you usually work at this job?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q77B

Considering the [job/main job] you held last week, do you usually work every week of the month?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q78

How many weeks a month do you usually work at this job?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q80

What is the reason you usually work less than 30 hours per week at this job?

• 01: Own illness or disabilities
• 02: Caring for own children, maternity or parental leave, pregnancy
• 03: Caring for elder relative (60 years of age or older)
• 04: Other personal or family responsibilities
• 05: Going to school
• 06: Hours reduced due to business conditions
• 07: Could not find work with 30 or more hours per week
• 08: Personal preference
• 09: Multiple job holder
• 10: Characteristic of the job
• 11: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q81

In this job, was there ever a period of six consecutive months when you usually worked 30 or more hours per week?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q83

What is the easiest way for you to tell us your wage or salary, including tips and commissions, before taxes and other deductions for this job? Would it be yearly, monthly, weekly, hourly or on some other basis?

• 01: Hourly
• 02: Daily
• 03: Weekly
• 04: Bi-weekly / every two weeks
• 05: Semi-monthly / twice a month
• 06: Monthly
• 07: Yearly
• 08: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q84

How many days a week do you usually work at this job?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q85

Including tips and commissions, what is your [hourly/weekly/yearly, etc.] wage or salary, before taxes and other deductions?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q87

Is this amount in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q88

When you completed the requirements of your program [date completed requirement for program], what was your [hourly/weekly/yearly, etc.] wage or salary, including tips and commissions but before taxes and other deductions?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q89

When you first started working at this job or business, what was your [hourly/weekly/yearly, etc.] wage or salary, including tips and commissions but before taxes and other deductions?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q90

Is this amount in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q95

Would you move to another city or town to improve your job or career prospects?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 3: Maybe
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q96

What is the main reason you would not move?

• 01: Caring for own children, maternity or parental leave, pregnancy
• 02: Other family responsibilities
• 03: Social, cultural or linguistic reasons
• 04: Costs of living elsewhere
• 05: Moving expenses are too prohibitive
• 06: No guarantee of finding work elsewhere
• 07: Education/professional recognition
• 08: Satisfied with job/living environment
• 09: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q97

Is the job you had last week, the job you had hoped to have after graduation?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q98

Why does your current job differ from your intended occupation at graduation?

• 01: Your current job has better pay
• 02: Your current job has better benefits (health, dental, pension, etc) or working conditions
• 03: You didn't want to move (i.e. expensive, stay close to family and friends)
• 04: You changed your expectations
• 05: You couldn't find the type of job you wanted
• 06: You could no longer wait to get the job you wanted
• 07: You pursued further education
• 08: Personal and/or family reasons
• 09: Health reasons
• 10: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q99

What kind of business, industry or service had you hoped to be working in?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q100

What kind of work or occupation did you hope to be doing?

Activities last week (LF) - Question identifier:LF_Q101

In this work, what would have been your main activities?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_R01

Now I would like to ask you about [other] employers you have worked for since graduation [date completed requirement for program] until the end of last week. Include self-employment as well as any jobs that began before you graduated and continued after graduation.

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q01

[Excluding the main job or business you held last week, how/How] many [other] employers have you worked for since graduation? Count all self-employment contracts as one employer only.

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_R02

I would now like to collect some information about the first employer for whom you worked after graduation.

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q02A

Were you an employee or self-employed?

• 1: Employee
• 2: Self-employed
• 3: Working in a family business without pay
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q02B

What was the name of your business?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q02C

For whom did you work?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q03A

In what year did you start working for [your first employer]?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q03B

In what month was that?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q04A

In what year did your employment with [your first employer] end?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q04B

In what month was that?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q04D

I would like to confirm that the [job/main job] you held last week and your first job after graduation are two different jobs.

• 1: Yes, two different jobs
• 2: No, same job
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q05

What kind of business, industry or service [is/was] this?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q06

What [is/was] your work or occupation?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q07A

In this work, what [are/were] your main activities?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q07B

[Is/Was] this a "postdoc" position?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q08

In what country [is/was] your job with [your first employer] located?

• 1: Canada
• 2: United States
• 3: Other
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q09

In what province or territory [is/was] this job located?

• 10: Newfoundland and Labrador
• 11: Prince Edward Island
• 12: Nova Scotia
• 13: New Brunswick
• 24: Quebec
• 35: Ontario
• 46: Manitoba
• 47: Saskatchewan
• 48: Alberta
• 59: British Columbia
• 60: Yukon
• 61: Northwest Territories
• 62: Nunavut
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q10

In what state [is/was] this job located?

• 1: Search (Open list of states)
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q11

Is this the first job you had in the United States since you moved there [date from US_Q02A and US_Q02B]?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q13A

[Is/Was] this job permanent, or is there some way that it [is/was] not permanent (e.g. seasonal, temporary, term, casual, etc.)?

• 1: Permanent
• 2: Not permanent
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q13B

In what way [is/was] this job not permanent?

• 1: Seasonal job
• 2: Temporary, term or contract job (non-seasonal)
• 3: Casual job
• 4: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q37

How closely [is/was] your job with [your first employer] related to your [certificate/diploma/degree] program? [Is/Was] it...?

• 1: Closely related
• 2: Somewhat related
• 3: Not related at all
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q43A

Considering your job with [your first employer], during how many months in a year [do/did] you usually work at this job?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q43B

Considering your job with [your first employer], [do/did] you usually work every week of the month?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q44

How many weeks a month [do/did] you usually work at this job?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q45

[Excluding overtime, on average, how many paid hours [do/did] you usually work per week?/On average, how many hours [do/did] you usually work per week?]

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q47

What is the easiest way for you to tell us your wage or salary, including tips and commissions, before taxes and other deduction for your job with [your first employer]? Would it be yearly, monthly, weekly, hourly or on some other basis?

• 01: Hourly
• 02: Daily
• 03: Weekly
• 04: Bi-weekly / every two weeks
• 05: Semi-monthly / twice a month
• 06: Monthly
• 07: Yearly
• 08: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q48

How many days a week [do/did] you usually work at this job?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q49

[At/When you last worked at] your job with [your first employer], what [is/was] your [hourly/weekly/yearly, etc.] wage or salary, including tips and commissions but before taxes and other deductions?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q52

Is this amount in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q53

When you completed the requirements of your program [date completed requirement for program], what was your [hourly/weekly/yearly, etc.] wage or salary with [your first employer], including tips and commissions but before taxes and other deductions?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q54

When you first started working for [your first employer], what was your [hourly/weekly/yearly, etc.] wage or salary, including tips and commissions but before taxes and deductions?

First job after graduation (EM) - Question identifier:EM_Q56

Is this amount in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job in the United States (FU) - Question identifier:FU_R20

Now I would like to ask you some questions about the first job you had in the United States after you moved there [date from US_Q02A and US_Q02B].

First job in the United States (FU) - Question identifier:FU_Q20A

Were you an employee or self-employed?

• 1: Employee
• 2: Self-employed
• 3: Working in a family business without pay
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job in the United States (FU) - Question identifier:FU_Q20B

What was the name of your business?

First job in the United States (FU) - Question identifier:FU_Q20C

For whom did you work?

First job in the United States (FU) - Question identifier:FU_Q21

What kind of business, industry or service was this ?

First job in the United States (FU) - Question identifier:FU_Q22

What was your work or occupation?

First job in the United States (FU) - Question identifier:FU_Q23

In this work, what were your main activities?

First job in the United States (FU) - Question identifier:FU_Q24

In what state was this job located?

• 1: Search (Open list of states)
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

First job in the United States (FU) - Question identifier:FU_Q27

How closely was your job with [this employer] related to your certificate, diploma or degree? Was it...?

• 1: Closely related
• 2: Somewhat related
• 3: Not related at all
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Education programs (ED) - Question identifier:ED_R01

I am now going to ask you questions about education or training above the high school level that you may have taken since your graduation [date completed requirement for program] and before the end of last week. We are interested only in programs of study, not individual courses, and those which would take someone 3 months or more to complete, if taken full-time. Please include the programs you have taken even if they have not been completed.

Education programs (ED) - Question identifier:ED_Q01

Since your graduation [date completed requirement for program], have you taken a program towards a certificate, diploma or degree? That is, a program above the high school level which would take someone 3 months or more to complete if taken full-time.

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Education programs (ED) - Question identifier:ED_Q02

How many of these programs have you taken?

Education programs (ED) - Question identifier:ED_R05

Now we will collect information about these programs. I would like to begin with the first program you took after graduation [date completed requirement for program] and end with the most recent one.

Education programs (ED) - Question identifier:ED_Q06

Since your graduation [date completed requirement for program], have you taken any other education or training, including courses, workshops, seminars, and tutorials? [Please exclude the programs that last three months or more if taken full-time that we have already discussed.]

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Education programs (ED) - Question identifier:ED_Q07

Since your graduation [date completed requirement for program], was any of this education or training taken for job or career-related reasons?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Education program description (EP) - Question identifier:EP_Q04

What is the major field of study or specialization of [your first, your second, ...your most recent] program?

Education program description (EP) - Question identifier:EP_Q11

What type of certificate, diploma or degree would someone receive at the end of this program ?

• 01: High school diploma
• 02: Registered apprenticeship, Journeyman certificate or Certificate of Qualification (C of Q)
• 03: Trade or vocational diploma/certificate
• 04: Community college or CEGEP certificate or diploma
• 05: Technical institute diploma or certificate
• 06: Hospital school of nursing or school of radiology certificate or diploma
• 07: University diploma or certificate below bachelor's degree
• 08: Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.Sc., B.Ed., B.A.Sc., B.Eng.)
• 09: First professional degree (degree in law, (LL.B.), medicine, (M.D.), dentistry, (D.D.S., D.M.D.), veterinary medicine, (D.V.M.), optometry, (O.D.))
• 10: University diploma or certificate above bachelor's degree but below master's level
• 11: Master's degree (e.g., M.A., M.Sc., M.Ed., M.B.A., M.A.Sc., M.Eng.)
• 12: Doctorate degree (e.g., Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Ed.)
• 13: Professional association diploma/certificate/licence (e.g., accounting, banking, insurance)
• 14: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Education program description (EP) - Question identifier:EP_Q16

Are you still taking education toward this program?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Education program description (EP) - Question identifier:EP_Q17

Have you completed the requirements for this program? By "complete the requirements" I mean write the last exam, submit the last paper, report or assignment, or successfully defend your thesis.

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Education program description (EP) - Question identifier:EP_Q29

What was the main reason you took this program?

• 01: To get a job
• 02: To get a better job/another job
• 03: To keep a job
• 04: To do my present job better
• 05: To earn more
• 06: Prerequisite for further education
• 07: For general self-improvement
• 08: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Education program description (EP) - Question identifier:EP_Q31

[Are/Were] you enrolled as...?

• 1: A full-time student
• 2: A part-time student
• 3: Both full-time and part-time student
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Education program description (EP) - Question identifier:EP_Q34

What [are/were] your two main sources of funding for this program?

• 01: Employment earnings
• 02: Personal savings
• 03: Spouse/partner
• 04: Parents
• 05: Other people
• 06: Employer
• 07: Government student loans
• 08: Bank/other institution loans
• 09: Credit cards
• 10: Line of credit
• 11: Scholarships/awards/fellowships/prizes
• 12: Grants/bursaries (based on financial needs)
• 13: Employment Insurance
• 14: Workers' Compensation
• 15: Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs)
• 16: First Nation/band/treaty
• 17: Other government sources
• 18: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_R01

The next few questions are about funding your post-secondary education.

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01A

What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:

your parents? Exclude amounts received from RESPs, RRSPs, trust funds or savings bonds.

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01B

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

your spouse / partner? Exclude amounts received from RESPs, RRSPs , trust funds or savings bonds.

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01C

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

other people, such as family and friends? Exclude amounts received from RESPs, RRSPs, trust funds or savings bonds.

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01D

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

government student loans?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01E

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

bank / other institution loans?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01F

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

credit cards?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01G

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

line of credit?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01H

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

personal savings?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01I

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

scholarships / awards / fellowships / prizes?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01J

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

grants / bursaries (based on your financial needs)?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01K

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

worker's compensation?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01L

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

employment insurance?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01M

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

employer? For example, tuition, books or other supplies.

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01N

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

employment earnings?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01O

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs)?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01P

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

First Nation / band / treaty?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q01Q

(What were the sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education? Did you receive money from:)

other?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q02

Of these, what were your two main sources of funding for all of your post-secondary education?

• 01: Parents
• 02: Spouse/Partner
• 03: Other people
• 04: Government student loans
• 05: Bank/Other institution loans
• 06: Credit cards
• 07: Line of credit
• 08: Personal savings
• 09: Scholarships/awards/fellowships/prizes
• 10: Grants/bursaries(based on financial needs)
• 11: Worker's Compensation
• 12: Employment Insurance
• 13: Employer
• 14: Employment earnings
• 15: Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs)
• 16: First Nation/band/treaty
• 17: [Other - Specified in ST_Q01Q]
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q03

Which of the following were sources of financial support during graduate school?

• 1: Fellowship / Scholarship
• 2: Teaching assistantship
• 3: Research assistantship
• 4: Other sources
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q04

Was it a fellowship or scholarship from...?

• 1: NSERC
• 2: SSHRC
• 3: MRC/CIHR
• 4: Your institution
• 5: A provincial source
• 6: Other source
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q05

Was it a teaching assistantship from...?

• 1: NSERC
• 2: SSHRC
• 3: MRC/CIHR
• 4: Your institution
• 5: A provincial source
• 6: Other source
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q06

Was it a research assistantship from...?

• 1: NSERC
• 2: SSHRC
• 3: MRC/CIHR
• 4: Your institution
• 5: A provincial source
• 6: Other source
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q07

Was this other source of financial support during graduate school from...?

• 1: Loans from any source
• 2: Foreign support (non-Canadian)
• 3: Personal savings
• 4: Personal earnings during graduate school (other than sources listed above)
• 5: Spouse's, partner's or family earnings or savings
• 6: Employer reimbursement / assistance
• 7: Other
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q11

What was the total amount you received from Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) to fund all your post-secondary education?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q14

Did you ever apply to a government sponsored student loan program?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q15A

Were any of your student loan applications approved?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q15B

What is the main reason you have not received a government sponsored student loan?

• 01: Parents, spousal or respondent income too high
• 02: Loans not available for the program or institution I was interested in
• 03: Don't meet residency requirements
• 04: Failed credit check
• 05: Not willing to borrow the amount required to go to school
• 06: Not able to borrow enough to go to school
• 07: Prefer to borrow elsewhere
• 08: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q16

What is the main reason you have not applied for a government sponsored student loan?

• 01: Did not need one
• 02: Thought would not qualify / Parents, spousal or respondent income too high
• 03: Don't know how to apply
• 04: Loans not available for the program or institution I was interested in
• 05: Don't meet residency requirements
• 06: Thought would not qualify due to bad credit rating
• 07: Not willing to borrow the amount required to go to school
• 08: Not able to borrow enough to go to school
• 09: Prefer to borrow elsewhere
• 10: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q17

To which province or territory did you apply for the government student loan?

• 10: Newfoundland and Labrador
• 11: Prince Edward Island
• 12: Nova Scotia
• 13: New Brunswick
• 24: Quebec
• 35: Ontario
• 46: Manitoba
• 47: Saskatchewan
• 48: Alberta
• 59: British Columbia
• 60: Yukon
• 61: Northwest Territories
• 62: Nunavut
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q18

In what year did you first receive the government student loan?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q19

When you graduated from your [certificate/diploma/degree] program [date completed requirement for program], how much did you owe for all your government sponsored student loans? Include all post-secondary programs.

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q20

Did you receive a loan remission, debt reduction or loan forgiveness on your government student loan in the first six months after you graduated?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q21

What was the amount of your remittance?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q22

Have you ever missed any payments during the last three years?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 3: No, student still in school
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q23

How many payments have you missed during the last three years?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q24

Have you ever defaulted on any of these government student loans?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q25

Did you receive any of the following government assistance in making repayment of your student loans?

• 1: Interest relief (IR)
• 2: Repayment assistance plan (RAP)
• 3: Revision of terms (ROT)
• 4: Interest only payments
• 5: None
• 6: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q26

How much do you now owe for all your government sponsored student loans?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q27

Thinking of your student loan, did you borrow from any financial institution, such as banks or credit cards companies, to repay your student debt?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q28A

In what year did you make your last government student loan payment?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q28B

In what month was that?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q29A

Did you make payments to repay your government student loan?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q29B

Are payments made monthly, bi-weekly, weekly, or by some other payment schedule?

• 1: Monthly
• 2: Bi-weekly
• 3: Weekly
• 4: Occasionally as able
• 5: Annually
• 6: Quarterly
• 7: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q30

What is the amount of the [monthly/bi-weekly/weekly/quarterly] payment?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q31

What was the total amount paid in 2012?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q32

In what year do you expect to have your government sponsored student loans paid off?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_R33A

The next questions deal with loans other than government student loans that you might have used to finance your post-secondary education.

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q33A

Did you ever borrow money to fund your post-secondary education from your parents, spouse / partner, family or friends that you have to pay back?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q33B

When you graduated from your [certificate/diploma/degree] program [date completed requirement for program], how much did you owe on this loan?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q33C

Is this in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q33D

How much do you now owe on this loan?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q33E

Is this in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q34B

When you graduated from your [certificate/diploma/degree] program [date completed requirement for program], how much did you owe on all bank loans and lines of credit to fund your post-secondary education? Exclude amounts owed on credit cards.

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q34C

Is this in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q34D

How much do you now owe on all bank loans and lines of credit?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q34E

Is this in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q35B

When you graduated from your [certificate/diploma/degree] program [date completed requirement for program], how much did you owe on all your credit cards to fund your post-secondary education?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q35C

Is this in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q35D

How much do you now owe on your credit cards for your post-secondary education?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q35E

Is this in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q38

You indicated that you received grants or bursaries based on your financial needs to fund your post-secondary education. Did you specifically receive money from governments (such as Canada Student Grants Program)?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q39

What was the total amount of these government grants and bursaries?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q40

While you were studying, did you receive any grants or bursaries based on your financial needs from non-government sources (such as universities, colleges, and private foundations)?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q41

What was the total amount of these non-government grants and bursaries?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q42

Is this in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q43

What was the total amount of the scholarships, awards, fellowships or prizes to fund your post-secondary education?

Student loans (ST) - Question identifier:ST_Q44

Is this in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Higher education (HE) - Question identifier:HE_Q01A

Do you plan to pursue a Master's degree?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Higher education (HE) - Question identifier:HE_Q01B

Why would you not pursue a Master's degree?

• 1: High financial costs
• 2: Time requirements are too long
• 3: Don't see any value in a Master's degree
• 4: No requirement for a Master's degree in my occupation
• 5: Personal or family reasons
• 6: Not interested
• 7: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Higher education (HE) - Question identifier:HE_Q02

What are the reasons for your pursuit of a Master's degree? Is it because you want to...?

• 1: Pursue a Ph.D. (doctorate level or equivalent advanced degree)
• 2: Get a specific type of work
• 3: Get into a specific industry
• 4: Get a job with a higher salary
• 5: Start a business
• 6: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Higher education (HE) - Question identifier:HE_Q03A

Do you plan to pursue a Ph.D. (doctorate level or equivalent advanced degree)?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Higher education (HE) - Question identifier:HE_Q03B

Why would you not pursue a Ph.D.?

• 1: High financial costs
• 2: Time requirements are too long
• 3: Don't see any value in a Ph.D.
• 4: No requirement for a Ph.D. in my occupation
• 5: Personal or family reasons
• 6: Not interested
• 7: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Higher education (HE) - Question identifier:HE_Q04

What are the reasons for your pursuit of a Ph.D.? Is it because you want to...?

• 1: Become a university professor
• 2: Get a specific type of work other than university professor
• 3: Get into a specific industry
• 4: Get a job with a higher salary
• 5: Start a business
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Higher education (HE) - Question identifier:HE_Q05

Many people take a Ph.D. to eventually become a university professor. Could you tell me why you would not want to follow this career path?

• 1: No positions available in my discipline at university
• 2: I could make more money outside university
• 3: Unhappy with academic life
• 4: Better job opportunities outside university
• 5: Too much stress
• 6: Not interested
• 7: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q02

Do you have any dependent children?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q03

How many dependent children do you have?

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q05A

At the time of your graduation [date completed requirement for program], of English or French which language(s) did you speak well enough to conduct a conversation? Is it...?

• 1: English only
• 2: French only
• 3: Both English and French
• 4: Neither English nor French
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q05B

At the time of your graduation [date completed requirement for program], what language(s) other than English or French did you speak well enough to conduct a conversation?

• 1: Search (Open list of languages)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q06A

What language do you speak most often at home?

• 1: Search (Open list of languages)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q06B

Do you speak any other languages on a regular basis at home?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q06C

What are these other languages?

• 1: Search (Open list of languages)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q07

What is the language that you first learned at home in childhood and still understand?

• 1: Search (Open list of languages)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q08

What is the highest certificate, diploma or degree that your father (or father's substitute or male guardian) has completed?

• 1: Less than high school diploma or its equivalent
• 2: High school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate
• 3: Trade certificate or diploma
• 4: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma (other than trades certificates or diplomas)
• 5: University certificate or diploma below the bachelor's level
• 6: Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.Sc., LL.B.)
• 7: University certificate, diploma, degree above the bachelor's level
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q09

What is the highest certificate, diploma or degree that your mother (or mother's substitute or female guardian) has completed?

• 1: Less than high school diploma or its equivalent
• 2: High school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate
• 3: Trade certificate or diploma
• 4: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma (other than trades certificates or diplomas)
• 5: University certificate or diploma below the bachelor's level
• 6: Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.Sc., LL.B.)
• 7: University certificate, diploma, degree above the bachelor's level
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q13A

In what country were you born?

• 1: Search (Open list of countries file)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q13B

In which province or territory were you born?

• 10: Newfoundland and Labrador
• 11: Prince Edward Island
• 12: Nova Scotia
• 13: New Brunswick
• 24: Quebec
• 35: Ontario
• 46: Manitoba
• 47: Saskatchewan
• 48: Alberta
• 59: British Columbia
• 60: Yukon
• 61: Northwest Territories
• 62: Nunavut
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q15

In what year did you first come to Canada to live?

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q16

Are you now, or have you ever been a landed immigrant in Canada?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q17A

In what year did you first become a landed immigrant in Canada?

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q17B

In what month of that year?

• 01: January
• 02: February
• 03: March
• 04: April
• 05: May
• 06: June
• 07: July
• 08: August
• 09: September
• 10: October
• 11: November
• 12: December
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q17C

What was the highest certificate, diploma or degree that you had completed when you first became a landed immigrant in Canada?

• 01: None
• 02: Elementary
• 03: High school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate
• 04: Registered apprenticeship, Journeyman certificate or Certificate of Qualification (C of Q)
• 05: Trade or vocational diploma/certificate
• 06: Community college or CEGEP certificate or diploma
• 07: Technical institute diploma or certificate
• 08: Hospital school of nursing or school of radiology certificate or diploma
• 09: University diploma or certificate below bachelor's degree
• 10: Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.Sc., B.Ed., B.A.Sc., B.Eng.)
• 11: First professional degree (degree in law, (LL.B.), medicine, (M.D.), dentistry, (D.D.S., D.M.D.), veterinary medicine, (D.V.M.), optometry, (O.D.))
• 12: University diploma or certificate above bachelor's degree but below master's level
• 13: Master's degree (e.g., M.A., M.Sc., M.Ed., M.B.A., M.A.Sc., M.Eng.)
• 14: Doctorate degree (e.g., Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Ed.)
• 15: Professional association diploma/certificate/licence (e.g., accounting, banking, insurance)
• 16: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q18

Of what country are you a citizen?

• 1: Search (Open list of country of citizenship file)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q19

Is that Canada by birth or by naturalization?

• 1: By birth
• 2: By naturalization
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q21

When you first registered in your [certificate/diploma/degree] program, were you a...?

• 2: Canadian citizen by naturalization
• 3: Landed immigrant in Canada
• 4: Visa holder or foreign student in Canada
• 5: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q22

Were you an American citizen or American permanent resident studying in Canada?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q24

What is your current status in Canada? Are you...?

• 2: A landed immigrant in Canada
• 3: A visa holder or foreign student
• 5: Other
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q28

Were you ever a visa student (study permit holder) while pursuing post-secondary education in Canada?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q29C

To which ethnic or cultural group(s) do your ancestors belong? (For example: British, French, Chinese, etc.)

• 01: Canadian
• 02: British (England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales)
• 03: French
• 04: German
• 05: Italian
• 06: Ukranian
• 07: Chinese
• 08: Dutch (Netherlands)
• 09: Polish
• 10: South Asian (East Indian, Pakistani, Punjabi, Sri Lankan)
• 11: Aboriginal (North American Indian, Métis or Inuit)
• 12: Jewish
• 13: Norwegian
• 14: Russian
• 15: Filipino
• 16: Swedish
• 17: Hungarian (Magyar)
• 18: Portuguese
• 19: American (U.S.A.)
• 20: Spanish
• 21: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q30

Does a long-term physical condition, mental condition or health problem, that is, one that has lasted or is expected to last six months or more, limit the kind or the amount of activity you can do:

at home?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q31

(Does a long-term physical condition, mental condition or health problem, that is, one that has lasted or is expected to last six months or more, limit the kind or the amount of activity you can do: )

at work or at school?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q32

(Does a long-term physical condition, mental condition or health problem, that is, one that has lasted or is expected to last six months or more, limit the kind or the amount of activity you can do: )

...in other activities (for example, travel or leisure time activities)?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q33

Do you have any long-term disabilities or handicaps, that is, ones that have lasted or are expected to last six months or more?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_R34

The next few questions are about your 2012 earnings.

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q34

What were your total earnings from wages, salaries and self-employment income, before taxes and deductions, for all jobs you had in 2012?

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q35

Is this amount in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q37A

Now a question about your total personal income.

What is your best estimate of your total personal income, before taxes and deductions, from all sources during the year ending December 31, 2012?

Income can come from various sources such as from work, investments, pensions or government. Examples include Employment Insurance, Social Assistance, Child Tax Benefit and other income such as child support, spousal support (alimony) and rental income.

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q37B

Can you estimate in which of the following groups your personal income falls?
Was your personal income during the year ending December 31, 2012...?

• 1: Less than $30,000, including income loss
• 2: $30,000 and more
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q37C

Please stop me when I have read the category which applies to you. Was it...?

• 01: Less than $5,000
• 02: $5,000 to less than $10,000
• 03: $10,000 to less than $15,000
• 04: $15,000 to less than $20,000
• 05: $20,000 to less than $25,000
• 06: $25,000 to less than $30,000
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q37D

Please stop me when I have read the category which applies to you. Was it... ?

• 01: $30,000 to less than $40,000
• 02: $40,000 to less than $50,000
• 03: $50,000 to less than $60,000
• 04: $60,000 to less than $70,000
• 05: $70,000 to less than $80,000
• 06: $80,000 to less than $90,000
• 07: $90,000 to less than $100,000
• 08: $100,000 and over
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Demographics (DE) - Question identifier:DE_Q38

Is this amount in Canadian or American dollars?

• 1: Canadian
• 2: American
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Additional education in Canada prior to diploma (AEC) - Question identifier:AEC_Q01

What was your major field of study or specialization for the [highest certificate/diploma/degree] program that you completed?

Additional education in Canada prior to diploma (AEC) - Question identifier:AEC_Q02

(What was your major field of study or specialization for the [highest certificate/diploma/degree] program that you completed?)

Additional education in Canada prior to diploma (AEC) - Question identifier:AEC_Q03

In what year did you complete the requirements for the [highest certificate/diploma/degree] program?

Additional education outside Canada prior to diploma (AEOC) - Question identifier:AEOC_Q01

What was your major field of study or specialization for the [highest certificate/diploma/degree] program that you completed?

Additional education outside Canada prior to diploma (AEOC) - Question identifier:AEOC_Q02

(What was your major field of study or specialization for the [highest certificate/diploma/degree] program that you completed?)

Additional education outside Canada prior to diploma (AEOC) - Question identifier:AEOC_Q03

In what year did you complete the requirements for the [highest certificate/diploma/degree] program?

Additional education outside Canada prior to diploma (AEOC) - Question identifier:AEOC_Q04

In what country was the institution that granted this certificate, diploma or degree located?

• 1: Search (Open list of countries file)
• 2: Other - Specify
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Age of dependant children (DEM) - Question identifier:DEM_Q01

Please tell me the age of your [first/second, etc.] child.

Aboriginal Minimum (AMB) - Question identifier:AMB_Q01

Are you an Aboriginal person, that is, First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)? First Nations includes Status and Non-Status Indians.

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Aboriginal Minimum (AMB) - Question identifier:AMB_Q02

Are you First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)?

• 1: First Nations (North American Indian)
• 2: Métis
• 3: Inuk (Inuit)
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Population group (PG) - Question identifier:PG_Q01

You may belong to one or more racial or cultural groups on the following list.

Are you... ?

• 01: White
• 02: South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan)
• 03: Chinese
• 04: Black
• 05: Filipino
• 06: Latin American
• 07: Arab
• 08: Southeast Asian (e.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian,
  Malaysian, Laotian)
• 09: West Asian (e.g., Iranian, Afghan)
• 10: Korean
• 11: Japanese
• 12: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Subjective Well-being Minimum Block (SLM) - Question identifier:SLM_Q01

Using a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means "Very dissatisfied" and 10 means "Very satisfied", how do you feel about your life as a whole right now?

0 Very dissatisfied
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 V
10 Very satisfied

Labour Market Activities Minimal (LMAM) - Question identifier:LMAM_Q01

Many of the following questions concern your activities last week. By last week, I mean the week beginning on [Monday of last week], and ending [Sunday of last week].

Last week, did you work at a job or business? (regardless of the number of hours)

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Labour Market Activities Minimal (LMAM) - Question identifier:LMAM_Q02

Last week, did you have a job or business from which you were absent?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Labour Market Activities Minimal (LMAM) - Question identifier:LMAM_Q03

What was the main reason you were absent from work last week?

• 01: Own illness or disability
• 02: Caring for own children
• 03: Caring for elder relative (60 years of age or older)
• 04: Maternity or parental leave
• 05: Other personal or family responsibilities
• 06: Vacation
• 07: Labour dispute (strike or lockout) (Employees only)
• 08: Temporary layoff due to business conditions (Employees only)
• 09: Seasonal layoff (Employees only)
• 10: Casual job, no work available (Employees only)
• 11: Work schedule (e.g., shift work) (Employees only)
• 12: Self-employed, no work available (Self-employed only)
• 13: Seasonal business (Excluding employees)
• 14: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Labour Force Status (LMA2) - Question identifier:LMA2_Q04

In the 4 weeks ending [Sunday of last week], did you do anything to find work?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Labour Force Status (LMA2) - Question identifier:LMA2_Q05

Last week, did you have a job to start at a definite date in the future?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Labour Force Status (LMA2) - Question identifier:LMA2_Q06

Will you start that job before or after (four weeks from now)?

• 1: Before the date above
• 2: On or after the date above
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Labour Force Status (LMA2) - Question identifier:LMA2_Q07

Did you want a job with more or less than 30 hours per week?

• 1: 30 or more hours per week
• 2: Less than 30 hours per week
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Labour Force Status (LMA2) - Question identifier:LMA2_Q08

Could you have worked last week [if you had been recalled/if a suitable job had been offered]?

• 1: Yes
• 2: No
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Labour Force Status (LMA2) - Question identifier:LMA2_Q09

What was the main reason you were not available to work last week?

• 01: Own illness or disability
• 02: Caring for own children
• 03: Caring for elder relative (60 years of age or older)
• 04: Other personal or family responsibilities
• 05: Going to school
• 06: Vacation
• 07: Already has a job
• 08: Other - Specify
• 97: DK
• 98: RF

Class of Worker (LMA3) - Question identifier:LMA3_Q10

Were you an employee or self-employed?

• 1: Employee
• 2: Self-employed
• 3: Working in a family business without pay
• 7: DK
• 8: RF

Industry (LMA4) - Question identifier:LMA4_Q11

What was the name of your business?

Industry (LMA4) - Question identifier:LMA4_Q12

For whom did you work?

Industry (LMA4) - Question identifier:LMA4_Q13

What kind of business, industry or service was this?

Occupation (LMA5) - Question identifier:LMA5_Q14

What was your work or occupation?

Occupation (LMA5) - Question identifier:LMA5_Q15

In this work, what were your main activities?

Usual Hours of Work (LMA6) - Question identifier:LMA6_Q16

[Excluding overtime, on average, how many paid hours do you usually work per week?/On average, how many hours do you usually work per week?]

Marital Status Without Confirmation (De-facto) (MSNC) - Question identifier:MSNC_Q01

What is your marital status?
Are you... ?

• 01: Married
• 02: Living common-law
• 03: Widowed
• 04: Separated
• 05: Divorced
• 06: Single, never married
• 97: DK
• 98: RF