Table 1: 2011 National Household Survey Data on the Annual Earnings and Employment of Graduates Variable Name Variable Definition HIGHEST LEVEL OF STUDY Highest level of study completed in Canada HIGHEST LEVEL OF STUDY CODE Code for highest level of study completed in Canada YEARS SINCE GRADUATION Number of years since graduation YEARS SINCE GRADUATION CODE Code for number of years since graduation MAJOR FIELD OF STUDY Major field of study MAJOR FIELD OF STUDY CODE Code for major field of study to reflect groupings and sub-groupings LABOUR FORCE ACTIVITY "Labour force status (e.g., employed, unemployed)" LABOUR FORCE ACTIVITY CODE "Code for labour force status (e.g., employed, unemployed)" WORK ACTIVITY "Type of work activity (e.g., part-time, full-time)" WORK ACTIVITY CODE "Code for type of work activity (e.g., part-time, full-time)" TOTAL EMPLOYMENT Total number of graduates with or without employment having earned income approximately 5 years after graduation WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT Number of graduates without employment with earned income approximately 5 years after graduation WITH EMPLOYMENT Number of graduates with employment with earned income approximately 5 years after graduation QUARTILE 1 "Quartile 1 is the amount in which 25 percent of the graduates earned less, and 75 percent earned more." QUARTILE 2 "Quartile 2 is the median earnings. It is the amount in which 50 percent of the graduates earned less, and 50 percent earned more." QUARTILE 3 "Quartile 3 is the amount in which 75 percent of the graduates earned less, and 25 percent earned more." AVERAGE HOURS WORKED The average weekly number of hours reported by graduates approximately 5 years after graduation Table 2: 2011 National Household Survey Data on the Labour Market Outcomes of Graduates Variable Name Variable Definition HIGHEST LEVEL OF STUDY Highest level of study completed in Canada HIGHEST LEVEL OF STUDY CODE Code for highest level of study completed in Canada YEARS SINCE GRADUATION Number of years since graduation YEARS SINCE GRADUATION CODE Code for number of years since graduation MAJOR FIELD OF STUDY Major field of study MAJOR FIELD OF STUDY CODE Code for major field of study to reflect groupings and sub-groupings OCCUPATION Four digit occupational coding according to the National Occupational Classification (NOC) system. TOTAL LABOUR FORCE Total number of graduates in and out of the labour force approximately 5 years after graduation IN THE LABOUR FORCE Total number of graduates in the labour force approximately 5 years after graduation EMPLOYED Total number of graduates employed approximately 5 years after graduation UNEMPLOYED Total number of graduates unemployed approximately 5 years after graduation NOT IN THE LABOUR FORCE Total number of graduates not in the labour force approximately 5 years after graduation UNEMPLOYMENT RATE % Percentage of graduates unemployed in the labour force approximately 5 years after graduation EMPLOYMENT RATE % Percentage of graduates employed in the labour force approximately 5 years after graduation NOT IN THE LABOUR FORCE % Percentage of graduates not in the labour approximately 5 years after graduation