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YITS Cohort B - Post-secondary Education - Experience

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This module contains information with respect to on individual's experience during the first year of PSE. For many of the respondents, this would simply be the first institution above the high school level that they have attended. However, based on information already obtained during the YITS cycle 1 data collection, it was found that students attending CEGEP institutions and students attending NON-CEGEP institutions (e.g., university, community college outside of Quebec, etc) have two distinct postsecondary experiences (in terms of cost and distance away from home). This motivated the decision to attempt to collect two sets of postsecondary engagement questions for students studying in Quebec (1 CEGEP and 1 first non-CEGEP).
In Cycle 1, the YITS-B data are stored in a single master file. Starting from Cycle 2, data are split into several separate files. Due to this change, data structure and variable names may change from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2. Please keep this point in mind and use the data carefully.
In Cycle 1, this module is stored in the single master file. From Cycle 2, this module is stored in a Roster file named "Post Secondary Engagement Roster." Roster file is used to store events that have happened many times to a given longitudinal respondent over time.

Variable	General Description	YITS Code
Variable	General Description	Cycle 1	Cycle 2	Cycle 3	Cycle 4
Identifier	Used to identify 1st or 2nd post-secondary experience, in Quebec or non-Quebec, in a CEGEP or Non-CEGEP institution	N.A.	KEXPIDD2, KINSTD2	KEXPIDD3, KINSTD3	KEXPIDD4, KINSTD4
Living Arrangement	During the most time of the first year, live in a student residence or not, live with whom	K3A, K3B	K2Q23, K2Q24	KE3Q23, KE3Q24	KE4Q23, KE4Q24
Class Size	Number of classes with fewer than 35 people or more than 75 people	N.A.	K2Q25, K2Q26	KE3Q25, KE3Q26	KE4Q25, KE4Q26
Remedial course	workshop, program, or courses designed to help students adjust to first-year studies	K4C	K2Q27	KE3Q27	KE4Q27
Overall grade-average	Overall Grade Average during the first year	K5A, K5B	K2Q28, K2Q29	KE3Q28, KE3Q29	KE4Q28, KE4Q29
Time spent on homework	Time spent on homework	K6	K2Q30, K2Q30A	KE3Q30, KE3Q30A	KE4Q30, KE4Q30A
Working hours during PSE	During the schooling year, work hours per week for unpaid work or paid work	K9A, K9C, HPDPS, HUWPS	K2Q35, K2Q38, HPDPSD2, HUWPSD2	KE3Q35, KE3Q38, HPDPSD3, HUWPSD3	KE4Q35, KE4Q38, HPDPSD4, HUWPSD4
Skipping a class	Times per month respondent cut or skip a class	K7	K2Q32	N.A.	N.A.
Thinking about dropping out	Times per month thinking about dropping out	K8	K2Q33	KE3Q33	KE4Q33
Effect of work	Effects of working on studies and personal life	N.A.	N.A.	KE3Q41A:E	KE4Q41A:E
School engagement	Instructors have strong teaching abilities	K11	K2Q44	N.A.	N.A.
	Instructors showed interest in helping students succeed	K12	K2Q45	KE3Q45	KE4Q45
	Students feel trouble keeping up with the workload	KC17_K17	K2Q46A	N.A.	N.A.
	Student misses deadline given for assigned work	KC17_K18	K2Q47	KE3Q47	KE4Q47
	When student does not understand something, he/she asked instructors to explain it	KC17_K20	K2Q48	N.A.	N.A.
	Students related to what he/she is taught to the future	KC17_K21	K2Q49	N.A.	N.A.
	Student feels he/she is just a number to this school	KC17_K22	K2Q50	N.A.	N.A.
	Student feels he/she has the skills and abilities needed in the program	KC23_K23	K2Q52	N.A.	N.A.
	There were people at school student could talk to about personal things	KC23_K24	K2Q53	KE3Q53	KE4Q53
	Student thinks he/she finds the right program	KC23_K25	K2Q54	KE3Q54	KE4Q54
	First year help students to get a better idea of his/her future plan	KC23_K26	K2Q55	KE3Q55	KE4Q55
	The first year give student skill which could help he/she in the job market	KC23_K27	K2Q56	KE3Q56	KE4Q56
	Student is certain about the type of work he/she would like to have in the future	KC23_K28	K2Q57	KE3Q57	KE4Q57
	Student becomes good friend of other students	KC23_K29	K2Q58	N.A.	N.A.

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