Wellbeing Outcomes for Learner Cohorts: by Workforce Development Councils
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New Zealand Policy Research Institute - Te Kāhui Rangahau Mana Taurite
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A post-school qualification (PSQ) opens pathways to better labour market outcomes, but the benefits of a PSQ can go beyond employment and earnings and can also affect one’s wellbeing. This study aims to quantify the wellbeing impacts of vocational education and training PSQs ranging between level 1 and level 7 (excluding Bachelor’s degrees). We use Stats NZ’s Integrated Data Infrastructure, a large body of administrative and non-government information, to assess how: (i) physical (accident-related) and mental health; (ii) benefit receipt; and (iii) criminal offending and victimisation, change in the ten years after attaining a PSQ. Our findings are broken down by Workforce Development Council (WDC), sub-groups and qualification level, and further stratified by gender and ethnicity, as well as whether the individual is working in an industry related to their PSQ.
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Data analysis, Longitudinal data, Ethnicity, Training employment relationship, Education work relationship, Outcomes of education and training, Social aspects, Employment status, Employment outcomes, Mental health, Wellbeing, Outcomes, Gender, Demographics, Vocational education and training, Qualifications
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New Zealand Policy Research Institute - Te Kāhui Rangahau Mana Taurite, Auckland, on behalf of the Workforce Development Councils. ISBN (PDF): 978-1-99-101141-1
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