Overview

Summary

This survey was designed to determine such factors as: the extent to which graduates of postsecondary programs had been successful in obtaining employment since graduation; the relationship between the graduates' programs of study and the employment subsequently obtained; the graduates' job and career satisfaction; the rates of under-employment and unemployment; the type of employment obtained related to career expectations and qualification requirements; and the influence of postsecondary education on occupational achievement.

The National Graduates Survey (NGS) Class of 2020 master and income analytical files are now available in Research Data Centers. In the master file, data collected in 2023 cover the education and labour market experiences of students who graduated from a Canadian public postsecondary institution in 2020. The income analytical file for postsecondary graduates in the Class of 2020 is derived from administrative income files.

These two data files are part of the Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP). Note that since the NGS sample was selected from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) for the academic years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, the “Register group ID” and “Cohort group ID” have been integrated directly into the NGS master and income analytical files (as REGISTID and COHORTID, respectively). They are unique person level IDs which can be used to link NGS data with other administrative and survey data within an ELMLP.

Please note that additional documentation is available for this survey. Please contact your RDC analyst to request this documentation.

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