Aineiston nimi

From Higher Education to Employment: Masters of Science in Technology 1998

Aineistonumero

FSD2303

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2303
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2303

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Korhonen, Kristiina (University of Jyväskylä. Institute for Educational Research)
• Mäkinen, Raimo (University of Jyväskylä. Institute for Educational Research)
• Valkonen, Sakari (University of Jyväskylä. Institute for Educational Research)

Muut tekijät

• Jokinen, Minna (University of Jyväskylä. Institute for Educational Research)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey series charts the employment situation of polytechnic and university graduates of various disciplines after graduation. In this survey, the respondents were Masters of Science in Technology graduated from universities, i.e. graduate engineers and architects. The main themes included studies, current employment situation and estimates of future employment prospects.

First, the respondents were asked to give basic information about their degree, including the year when they began to study, their university, the number of credits, and whether they had graduated on schedule. The respondents' basic and vocational education was queried, as well as their work experience before beginning studies. In addition, their practical training, working and other connections to the labour market during the studies were canvassed, as well as whether they had ever considered dropping out of university and for what reason. The respondents estimated their language skills and the extent to which various skills and abilities they had acquired during their studies (e.g. independent initiative, computer skills, communication skills, ability to think theoretically) and different characteristics of university studies (e.g. the teachers' labour market contacts, interdisciplinary nature of studies) support their transition to and succeeding in working life.

Next, the respondents' current employment situation was surveyed. Their economic activity was also examined, and those who were employed at the time of the survey were asked about their employer, industry of employment, job title, gross income, status in their workplace, number of employees in their workplace, and the estimated stability of their job. They were also presented with a set of attitudinal statements on their work, as well as asked to give reasons for involving in entrepreneurship if they were self-employed. Those who were studying were asked what they studied. In addition, the respondents estimated what their employment situation, status and gross income would be after five years. They also estimated their future employment opportunities in various geographical regions, their future status in the labour market compared with other applicants holding other degrees, and whether they were going to study more in the future in order to pursue another degree. Finally, the respondents were presented with a set of statements on career and life, such as "I want my job to be challenging" and "My objective is to find a stable job". In addition, the respondents had a chance to freely tell about their degree and education as the basis for their future career.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, marital status, and number of children aged under 18.

Asiasanat

architects; education; employment; graduate engineers; graduates; higher education institutions; occupational life; transition from school to work; universities of technology

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Employment (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Higher and further education (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Korhonen, Kristiina (University of Jyväskylä. Institute for Educational Research)
• Mäkinen, Raimo (University of Jyväskylä. Institute for Educational Research)
• Valkonen, Sakari (University of Jyväskylä. Institute for Educational Research)

Tuottajat

• University of Jyväskylä. Institute for Educational Research
• Ministry of Education

Ajallinen kattavuus

1998

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

1998-11 – 1998-12

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Masters of Science in Technology graduated between 1997 and 1998 from Finnish universities (poislukien Graduates from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Åbo Akademi University)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The survey was conducted in all four Finnish universities producing Masters of Science in Technology between 1997 and 1998. The respondents' personal information was retrieved from the polytechnics' student registers and their addresses from the Population Register Centre in November 2008. The questionnaire was mailed to 1,818 Masters of Science in Technology, out of which 1,139 responded.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

62.7

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Datan versio

2.0

Katso myös

FSD2300 From Higher Education to Employment: Bachelors of Business Administration 1997

FSD2301 From Higher Education to Employment: Bachelors and Masters of Science in Economics and Business Administration 1997

FSD2302 From Higher Education to Employment: Bachelors of Engineering 1998

FSD2304 From Higher Education to Employment: Social and Health Care Professionals 1999

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The following variables connected to the open-ended questions have been removed from the data because of missing labels: k8, k9, k17 (only the open-ended answers of the type "Where?" removed), k28, k37, k38, and k47_2 (only the answer to the open-ended question "Yes, where?" removed). Variables k5_1 and k5_2 indicating the respondents' municipality of residence have been removed because of data protection issues. The data do not include answers to all open-ended questions of the type "Other, what?".

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Korhonen, Kristiina (University of Jyväskylä) & Mäkinen, Raimo (University of Jyväskylä) & Valkonen, Sakari (University of Jyväskylä): From Higher Education to Employment: Masters of Science in Technology 1998 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2303

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Korhonen, Kristiina & Mäkinen, Raimo & Valkonen, Sakari (2000). Insinöörin tutkinnolla työelämään. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto. Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos. Tutkimusselosteita; 9.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Korhonen, Kristiina & Mäkinen, Raimo & Valkonen, Sakari (2000). Insinöörin tutkinnolla työelämään. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto. Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos. Tutkimusselosteita; 9.