New Entrants to Employment, 1978-1983

UKDA study number:2076

Principal Investigator

Department of Employment

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UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

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Department of Employment, New Entrants to Employment, 1978-1983 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], 1985. SN: 2076, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-2076-1.

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2076 . New Entrants to Employment, 1978-1983

Depositor:

Department of Employment

Principal Investigator:

Department of Employment

Abstract:

The survey analyses the first employment of 16 year-old school leavers in England and Wales (with follow-up surveys of 17 and 18 year-olds), for 1978, 1979, 1980 and (without follow-up) 1983.

Main Topics:

Variables
Sex, region, including (1968 SIC), occupation (CODOT, 3 digits) and educational qualifications. Length of training offered is recorded and 'apprentices' are identified. Off-the-job training is recorded.

Coverage:

Dates of Fieldwork: 1978 - 1983
Country: England and Wales

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Young people entering their first employment, 1978-1983

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Longitudinal/panel/cohort
follow-up surveys were not carried out for the 1983 cohort
Sampling Procedures: Approximately 10% of pupils in maintained schools, i.e. those with birthdates falling on 5th, 15th and 25th of any month and reaching minimum school-leaving age (16 years) in the 1977-1979, 1979-1980 and the 1982-1983 academic years were selected. Of these, those entering first employment by the end of the calendar years 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1983 were included for the analysis of 16 year olds, and by the end of the following year or year after that for the analysis of 17 or 18 year olds. Follow-up surveys were not carried out for the 1983 cohort. First employment in YTS was excluded in 1983
Number of Units: 137769 (obtained)
Method of Data Collection: Postal survey; Compilation or synthesis of existing material; Careers offices completed data for most cases from their own administrative records. Where these were insufficient a separate questionnaire was sent by post to the young person concerned and the data transcribed by the careers office on its return.

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

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Date of First Release:

1985

Copyright:

Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland

File last updated:

11 October 2011