Study title

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

Dataset ID Number

FSD2304

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2304
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2304

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• 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)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

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

Abstract

The survey series charts the employment situation of polytechnic and university graduates of various disciplines after graduation. In this survey, the respondents were social and health care professionals graduated from polytechnics and universities. Unlike in the previous surveys, the responses from polytechnic and university graduates have been merged into a single dataset. 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 degree programme, and the number of credits. 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. The respondents estimated the extent to which various skills and abilities they had acquired during their studies (e.g. independent initiative, computer skills, responsibility and conception of society) and different characteristics of their training (e.g. practice-oriented education, interdisciplinary nature of studies) support their transition to and succeeding in working life.

Next, the respondents' current employment situation was surveyed. The respondents were asked whether they had been unemployed or otherwise outside the labour market since graduating. 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, and the number of employees in their workplace. They were also presented with a set of attitudinal statements on work and entrepreneurship. 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 and their future status in the labour market compared with other applicants holding other degrees. 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".

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, marital status, number of children aged under 18, and municipality of residence at the age of 15 and at present.

Keywords

ability; education; employment; graduates; health professionals; health professions; higher education institutions; job characteristics; job description; occupational life; qualifications; transition from school to work

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• 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)

Data Producers

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

Time Period Covered

2000

Collection Dates

2000-01 – 2000-02

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Social and health care professionals graduated between 1st August 1998 and 31st July 1999 from Finnish polytechnics and universities (excluding Medical graduates)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The survey was conducted in 10 Finnish polytechnics and 9 universities producing social and health care professionals. All but two Finnish polytechnics producing social and health care professionals participated in the survey. All universities producing social and health care professionals participated in the survey, although medical graduates were excluded from the sample.

The respondents' personal information was retrieved from the polytechnics' and universities' student registers and their addresses from the Population Register Centre. The questionnaire was mailed to 1,309 polytechnic graduates and 526 university graduates, out of which 925 and 404 responded, respectively.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

The response rate for the whole survey was 72.4. The response rate was 70.7 for polytechnic graduates and 76.8 for university graduates.

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

2.0

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FSD2302 From Higher Education to Employment: Bachelors of Engineering 1998

FSD2303 From Higher Education to Employment: Masters of Science in Technology 1998

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variable k47 "What else would you like to say?" is missing from the data. The data do not include open-ended answers specifying variable k14 (degree programme) nor open-ended answers of the type "Other, what?". Variables k5_1 and k5_2 indicating the respondents' municipality of residence and variable k6 indicating polytechnic/university have been removed because of data protection issues. For the same reasons, the variable k7_1_2 has been classified.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Korhonen, Kristiina (University of Jyväskylä) & Mäkinen, Raimo (University of Jyväskylä) & Valkonen, Sakari (University of Jyväskylä): From Higher Education to Employment: Social and Health Care Professionals 1999 [dataset]. Data version 2.0 (2018-07-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2304; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2304

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Disclaimer

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

Related Materials

Korhonen, Kristiina & Mäkinen, Raimo & Valkonen, Sakari (2001). Sosiaali- ja terveysalan tutkinnolla työelämään. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto. Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos. Tutkimusselosteita; 13.

Aineistossa käytetty Tilastokeskuksen suomalaista ammattiluokitusta vuodelta 1997.

Related Publications

Korhonen, Kristiina & Mäkinen, Raimo & Valkonen, Sakari (2001). Sosiaali- ja terveysalan tutkinnolla työelämään. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto. Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos. Tutkimusselosteita; 13.