Kerstin Hinds, Kirsty Deacon and Fiona Dobbie
The Scottish Centre for Social Research (formerly NatCen Scotland)
Prepared for the Scottish Executive Education Department and Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department
September 2001
ISBN 0 7559 2680 3 (Web only publication)
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
1 introduction
1.1 The Scottish School Leavers Survey Series
1.2 The 2001 Survey
1.3 This Report
Summary of findings
2 Qualifications Of 18-19 Year Olds
2.1 Standard Grades and Higher Grades
2.2 Gcses and Advanced Levels
2.3 Other Qualifications
2.4 Factors Associated with Qualifications
3 Main Activity at 18-19
3.1 Activity Status
3.2 Education
3.2.1 Where Respondents Studied And The Qualifications They Were Studying For
3.2.2 Who Was Undertaking What Type Of Course?
3.3 Jobs and Training
3.3.1 Occupation and Industry
3.3.2 Employment Status
3.3.3 Hours and Pay
3.3.4 Training
3.3.5 Job Seeking Behaviour
3.3.6 Attitudes towards the Job
3.4 Part-Time Work
3.5 Income
4 Routes into the labour market and higher education
4.1 Changes in Activity Status
4.2 Routes into Full-Time Work at age 18-19
4.3 Routes into Higher Education at age 18-19
4.4 Routes into Unemployment at age 18-19
4.5 The Routes of the Less Well Qualified
5 domestic circumstances of 18-19 year olds
5.1 Children
5.2 Living arrangements
5.3 Leaving the parental home
5.4 Items in the home
6 The future
6.1 One year ahead
6.2 Four years ahead
6.3 Have expectations been realised?
References
Appendix A
List of tables
Table 2-1 Standard Grades reported in 1999 and Standard Grades reported in 2001
Table 2-2 Standard Grades
Table 2-3 Standard and Higher Grades, by sex
Table 2-4 Standard and Higher Grades
Table 2-5 GCSEs and A Levels, as reported in 2001, by sex
Table 2-6 Standard Grades and GCSEs combined, by sex
Table 2-7 Standard Grades, GCSEs, Higher Grades and A Levels combined, by sex
Table 2-8 Other Qualifications, by sex
Table 2-9 Qualifications related to various personal, family and household characteristics
Table 3-1 Main activity at age 19, Spring 2001 and Spring 1999
Table 3-2 Main activity in Spring 2001, by sex and qualifications
Table 3-3 Main activity in Spring 1999, by sex and qualifications
Table 3-4 Main activitiy and place of study
Table 3-5 Qualification likely to result from current study
Table 3-6 Where different types of qualification were studied for
Table 3-7 Participation in education at age 19, by parents' social class
Table 3-8 Participation in Education at Age 19, by main activity
Table 3-9 Occupation by type of job and sex
Table 3-10 Industry by type of job and sex
Table 3-11 Employment status, by type of job and sex
Table 3-12 Hours and pay, by type of job and sex
Table 3-13 Training received by job type
Table 3-14 Training received by job type and sex
Table 3-15 How found job, by job type and sex
Table 3-16 Attitudes towards job, by type of job and sex
Table 3-17 Part-time work, by main activity
Table 3-18 Total weekly income, by main activity
Table 4-1 Changes over time in activity status
Table 4-2 Activity status over time (those currently in full-time jobs)
Table 4-3 Length of time in a job with a Skillseekers component, according to when first recorded this as main activity
Table 4-4 Length of time in a Modern Apprenticeship, according to when first recorded this as main activity
Table 4-5 Activity status in May 1999 for those reporting main activity as Modern Apprenticeship in October 1999
Table 4-6 Activity status over time (those currently in higher education)
Table 4-7 Unemployment status May 1999 to May 2001
Table 4-8 Activity status in May 2001 for those who were out of work at at least two six-monthly time points between October 1998 and May 2001
Table 4-9 Activity status over time (those currently out of work)
Table 4-10 Activity status over time (the less well qualified)
Table 5-1 Children, by sex and qualifications
Table 5-2 Activity status over time among those with children
Table 5-3 Living arrangements, by sex and Children
Table 5-4 Living arrangements, by activity status
Table 5-5 When moved way from parents, by sex and whether parent themselves
Table 5-6 Items in the home, by activity status
Table 6-1 Expected activity in Spring 2002, by sex and children
Table 6-2 Expected activity in Spring 2002, by activity status in Spring 2001
Table 6-3 Expected activity in Spring 2002, by parent's social class
Table 6-4 Expected activity in Spring 2005, by sex, current activity and expected activity in Spring 2002
Table 6-5 Activity in Spring 2000, by expectations in Spring 1999
List of figures
Figure 4-1 Activity Status over Time
Figure 4-2 Activity Over Time (the Less Well Qualified)
The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.