Aineiston nimi

Doctoral Graduates of Year 2015: Career and Employment Survey 2018

Aineistonumero

FSD3450

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3450

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Aarresaari network of the Academic Career Services in Finland

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey charted the careers and employment situations of Finnish doctoral graduates three years after they had obtained their degree in 2015. Themes of the survey included impact of a doctoral degree on employment, usefulness of doctoral education in terms of skills needed in occupational life, and job satisfaction.

The respondents were first asked what their occupational status was at the time of the survey and what it had been 6 months before starting the degree and 6 months after finishing it. Questions covered whether having a doctoral degree had led to an increased salary and better standing in occupational life, whether a doctoral degree had been a prerequisite for the respondents' current job, and what their gross monthly income was at present. The respondents were also asked if they had been unemployed after finishing their degree. Further questions covered how important certain skills and know-how were in the respondents' current job and how well their doctoral studies had developed these skills (e.g. theoretical or practical knowledge of their field, problem solving, managerial skills, negotiation skills, project management, and scientific communication).

Opinions were charted on the significance of doctoral and other tertiary education, work experience, contacts and networks, and other skills in occupational life. The respondents were asked how they had financed their doctoral studies (e.g. by being employed by a university or other research institute or with a personal research grant). Finally, it was surveyed whether the respondents had completed their doctoral degree by studying full-time, part-time or during their leisure time while also otherwise employed.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, field of study, and age at the time of graduation (dichotomised 35 or under/36 and over).

Asiasanat

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

Tieteenala/Aihealue

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

Sarja

Career and Employment Survey of Finnish University Graduates

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Kerääjät

• Aarresaari network of the Academic Career Services in Finland

Ajallinen kattavuus

2015 – 2018

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2018

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Doctoral graduates from Finnish universities in 2015 (poislukien National Defence University)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The survey was sent to all graduates whose contact information was available. The graduates were approached by SMS, post or email.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

45.8

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Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

To anonymise the data, the researcher removed the following variables: q3 municipality where respondent's job was located, q5 name of principal employer, q6 job title, and open-ended variable q15 charting opinions on the skills needed in future occupational life. Additionally, all open-ended responses were removed. Variables bv3 denoting respondent's age and q11 denoting income were categorised at FSD. The ages of service industry graduates were removed from the data to prevent identification of respondents.

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

Aarresaari network of the Academic Career Services in Finland: Doctoral Graduates of Year 2015: Career and Employment Survey 2018 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-03-10). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3450

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

Koivunen, Tuija (2018) Tutkinnosta työelämään: Yliopistojen kandipalautteen sekä maisteri- ja tohtoriuraseurantakyselyjen 2018 tulokset. Unifin raportti.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Koivunen, Tuija (2018). Tutkinnosta työelämään. Yliopistojen kandipalautteen sekä maisteri- ja tohtoriuraseurantakyselyjen 2018 tulokset. Suomen yliopistojen rehtorineuvosto UNIFI ry.

Huijala, Maija & Knutas, Antti & Hynninen, Timo (2020). Uraseurantakyselyiden ja kandipalautteen avointen palautteiden analyysi (2017-2019). Suomen yliopistojen rehtorineuvosto UNIFI ry.