Study title

Employment Survey of Tampere University Doctoral Graduates 2010-2011

Dataset ID Number

FSD3060

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3060
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3060

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Honkanen, Johanna (University of Tampere. Career Services)
• Ollikainen, Jyrki (University of Tampere. School of Information Sciences)
• Pajunen, Sari (University of Tampere. Career Services)

Abstract

The Employment Survey of Tampere University Doctoral Graduates 2010-2011, collected in 2013, charted the employment situation of University of Tampere doctoral graduates who had received their degree in 2010-2011. The respondents were asked about their motivation for the postgraduate studies, the financing of their studies, employment after graduation, current employment, views on the education they received, and how doctoral education should be developed at the University of Tampere.

The respondents were asked to evaluate how well certain statements corresponded with their motivation for postgraduate studies. The statements included: "I believed it would be easier for me to find a job after graduating" and "I wanted to research a particular subject". Some questions investigated the financing of the respondents' postgraduate studies. Next, the respondents' employment after graduation and possible difficulties with finding a job were also studied. Possible problems included: "Lack of work experience" and "The subject of doctoral thesis".

The next part of the survey focused on the current employment status of the respondents. This included questions on the respondent's current job description and salary. The respondents were also asked whether the doctoral degree was a requirement for their current job, how well the job corresponded with their education, and whether their doctoral thesis was related to their current job. In the last part of the survey, the respondents were asked to evaluate the guidance they had received during their postgraduate education and their satisfaction with the postgraduate education in the University of Tampere. The respondents were also asked to evaluate how they thought postgraduate education should be developed.

Background variables included gender, field of study, and degree level.

Keywords

appointment to job; career development; educational certificates; employment opportunities; higher education institutions; labour and employment; labour force; post-graduates; tertiary education (second stage)

Topic Classification

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

Series

Employment Surveys of Tampere University Graduates

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• University of Tampere. Career Services

Time Period Covered

2010 – 2011

Collection Dates

2013

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Tampere

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Doctoral graduates at the University of Tampere who had received their doctoral degree in 2010-2011

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The survey was sent in 2013 to all doctoral graduates of University of Tampere who had received their doctoral degree in 2010-2011. A total of 149 people responded.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

59

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

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Some variables were removed from the data to protect confidentiality, such as age at the time of graduation (bv2), year of starting studies (bv4), region (bv14 & bv15), nationality (bv16 & bv34_1), education language (bv17), workplace municipality (q14), main employer (q16), job title (q17), information on other degrees (q35_1, q35_2, q35_3, q36_1, q36_2 and q36_3), and municipality of residence (q33). Some variables also contained in-depth information about studies and were removed (bv3, bv5, bv6, bv8, bv10, bv11, bv12 and bv13). All open-ended responses of the type "other, please specify" were removed. Gross income (per month) in variable q24 was top-coded (6000+). In the "field of study" variable (bv9), Social Sciences and Economics were categorised together, as well as Health Sciences and Psychology, due to a small number of respondents in these fields. All identifiers in the remaining open-ended responses (q12_8_1, q13_11, q13_2, q28, q31 and q32) were removed so that respondents or third persons are not identifiable. The anonymisations were marked with [square brackets]. All English-language open responses were removed.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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.

Bibliographical Citation

Honkanen, Johanna (University of Tampere) & Ollikainen, Jyrki (University of Tampere) & Pajunen, Sari (University of Tampere): Employment Survey of Tampere University Doctoral Graduates 2010-2011 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2018-05-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3060

Deposit Requirement

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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.

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