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Simon Anderson, Andy Biggart, Fiona Dobbie, Andy Furlong, Lisa Given and Christine Sheehy, The Scottish Centre for Social Research
ISBN 978 0 7559 6519 9 (Web only publication)
ISSN 0950 2254
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Contents

Acknowledgements

Summary of Findings
1.1.1 Introduction
1.1.2 Method and Sample
1.1.3 Key findings
Main Activity
Domestic circumstances
The future
Qualifications
The Disadvantaged

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Scottish School Leavers Survey
1.2 The 2006 survey
1.3 This report

2 MAIN ACTIVITY AT 23-24
2.1 Activity status
2.1.1 Comparison with previous sweeps
2.1.2 Main activity by stage of leaving school
2.1.3 Main activity by parental social class
2.2 Education and training courses
2.2.1 Place of study and type of qualification
2.2.2 Type of qualification
2.3 Jobs and training
2.3.1 Occupation and industry
2.3.2 Employment status
2.3.3 Self employment
2.3.4 Hours and pay
2.3.5 Finding the job
2.3.6 Training
2.3.7 Part-time work
2.3.8 Attitudes to job
2.4 Career guidance
2.5 Student debt, benefits and overall income
2.6 Key points

3 DOMESTIC CIRCUMSTANCES
3.1 Children
3.2 Living arrangements
3.3 Leaving the parental home
3.4 Key points

4 THE FUTURE
4.1 Attitudes towards the future
4.2 Feelings of control over life
4.3 Key points

5 QUALIFICATIONS OF 23-24 YEAR OLDS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Highest Qualification obtained by age 23/24
5.3 Respondents studying towards a Qualification at age 23/24
5.4 Higher Education Qualifications
5.5 Key points

6 THE DISADVANTAGED
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Types of disadvantage
6.2.1 Characteristics of the sample
6.2.2 Labour market disadvantage
6.3 Disadvantage and educational participation
6.4 Unemployment
6.5 Out of labour force
6.6 Poor jobs
6.7 Training programmes
6.8 Conclusion

7 BIBLIOGRAPHY

8 APPENDIX A: TECHNICAL NOTES
8.1 Percentages
8.2 Bases
8.3 Estimating the precision of estimates
8.4 Combining columns of a table
8.5 School type
8.6 Social Class
8.7 Sample size
8.8 Survey non-response

List of tables
Table 1-1 Response figures for the 2006 survey
Table 2-1 Main activity by gender
Table 2-2 Change in main activity across sweeps
Table 2-3 Main activity by stage of leaving school
Table 2-4 Main activity by parental social class
Table 2-5 Qualification likely to result from current education
Table 2-6 Qualification likely to result by place of study
Table 2-7 Participation in education or training course by parental social class
Table 2-8 Industry worked in ( SIC) by gender and type of employment
Table 2-9 Occupation by type of employment and gender
Table 2-10 Employment status by gender
Table 2-11 Hours by type of job
Table 2-12 Pay by type of job
Table 2-13 Method of finding job by gender
Table 2-14 Training received by job type and gender
Table 2-15 Main activity of part-time workers by gender
Table 2-16 Attitudes towards job by gender
Table 2-17 Career guidance received
Table 2-18 Amount of student debt
Table 2-19 Benefits by gender
Table 2-20 Monthly income for all respondents
Table 3-1 Respondents who had children by gender
Table 3-2 Children by main activity
Table 3-3 Children by stage of leaving school
Table 3-4 Children by social class of respondent's parents
Table 3-5 Living arrangements by gender and children
Table 3-6 Living arrangements by activity status
Table 3-7 When moved from parental home by gender
Table 4-1 Attitudes towards the future by gender
Table 4-2 Attitudes towards the future by activity status
Table 4-3 Attitudes towards the future by children
Table 4-4 Feelings of control over life by gender
Table 4-5 Feelings of control over life by social class of respondents' parent
Table 5-1 SCQF level and equivalent qualifications
Table 5-2 Highest qualification achieved at age 23/24 by gender
Table 5-3 Highest qualification at age 23/24 by stage of leaving school
Table 5-4 Highest qualification at age 23/24 by parental social class
Table 5-5 Percentage with a qualification equivalent to SVQ Level 3 or above by age 23/24
Table 5-6 Qualification obtained through part-time study 23/24
Table 5-7 Qualification flows between age 16/17 and age 23/24
Table 5-8 Qualification currently being studied
Table 5-9 Percentage with or expected to achieve a university degree by gender
Table 5-10 Achieved or expected qualification level, by gender.
Table 5-11 Achieved or expected qualification level, by social class
Table 6-1 Indicators of disadvantage, by gender
Table 6-2 Deprivation indicators, by educational participation at age 24
Table 6-3 Current qualification level being studied, by gender, class and multiple deprivation rank
Table 6-4 Experience of unemployment, by educational participation since 2001
Table 6-5 Indicators of disadvantage, by current status
Table 6-6 Reasons for currently being unemployed
Table 6-7 Reasons for currently being out of the labour force
List of figures
Figure 5-1 Selected Characteristics of those without a qualification equivalent to SVQ Level 3 or above
Figure 6-1 Severe multiple deprivation, by region
Figure 6-2 Experience of unemployment, by region
Figure 6-3 Indicators of disadvantage: mothers out of the labour force vs other females
Figure 6-4 Stage of leaving education, by employment status
Figure 6-5 Young people in low skill jobs, by indicators of disadvantage

The views expressed in the report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Scottish Executive or any other organisation(s) by which the author(s) is/are employed.

The Scottish Executive is making this research report available on-line in order to provide access to its contents for those interested in the subject. The Executive commissioned the research but has not exercised editorial control over the report.

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Previous reports on the Scottish School Leaver Survey can be found in the education research web section at www.scotland.gsi.gov.uk/insight under "School education" sub pages.

This report was published in March 2007 as a web only document.

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