Plum, AlexanderTurcu, AlexandraPacheco, Gail2025-04-102025-04-102024-10-31New Zealand Policy Research Institute - Te Kāhui Rangahau Mana Taurite, Auckland, on behalf of the Workforce Development Councils. ISBN (PDF): 978-1-99-101141-1978-1-99-101141-1http://hdl.handle.net/10292/19035A 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.© Workforce Development Council. The New Zealand Crown licenses you to copy, distribute and adapt that content in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International Licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Data analysisLongitudinal dataEthnicityTraining employment relationshipEducation work relationshipOutcomes of education and trainingSocial aspectsEmployment statusEmployment outcomesMental healthWellbeingOutcomesGenderDemographicsVocational education and trainingQualificationsCommissioned ReportOpenAccess