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| Method |
Database:
Integrated database (CATEWE) |
| Description |
"A
set of integrated databases were constructed drawing on national transition
surveys in France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scotland and Sweden. Key measures
of education and transition outcomes were available in these national surveys
and they were mapped to a common template of comparable variables, a process
which also helped to refine the conceptual framework..." (Smyth et al.,
2001, p. 5) |
| Discussion |
"The
advantage of this data is that national school leavers' surveys explicitly
take account of the transition process by examining the flow out of initial
education into the labour market or further education/ training and allow
us to observe individual pathways rather than the aggregate patterns possible
with the Eurostat Labour Force Survey. These surveys also contain detailed
information on the main dimensions of education/ training outcomes, enabling
us to explore their relative importance in different institutional contexts.
However, the use of integrated databases is somewhat limited in terms of
the number of European countries covered, the absense of information on
older age groups for the purposes of comparison, and some difficulties
in comparability (for instance, the absence of family background information
from some national surveys)." (Smyth et al., 2001, p. 5f.) |
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