Relationships between demographic factors and employment prospects of architecture, construction and urban planning graduates

This article investigates the relationships between demographic factors and the employment prospects of architecture, construction and urban planning students. Dimensionality reduction was used to produce the dataset for the further analysis in this article from the raw data of Australian Graduate Survey (AGS). Descriptive analysis, chi-squared contingency two-way analysis and phi-coefficient test were used to analyse the data. The research findings indicated that architecture graduates had the lowest level of graduate employment at 84.66%, whereas construction graduates had the highest level at 92.27%. Gender, age, and education level did not show a statistically significant correlation with whether the graduates are able to secure employment after graduation. On the other hand, whether English is spoken at home did present a statistically significant correlation with whether graduates secured employment or not after graduation. Demographic factors showed a statistically significant correlation with whether graduates were able to secure full-time or part-time employment. Architecture graduates who were male, age 24 years or above, studied a postgraduate degree and spoke English at home were found to be more likely to be employed on a full-time basis after graduation. Age, gender, and whether English is spoken at home did not correlate with whether construction and urban planning graduates were employed full-time.;  This article investigates the relationships between demographic factors and the employment prospects of architecture, construction and urban planning students. Dimensionality reduction was used to produce the dataset for the further analysis in this article from the raw data of Australian Graduate Survey (AGS). Descriptive analysis, chi-squared contingency two-way analysis and phi-coefficient test were used to analyse the data. The research findings indicated that architecture graduates had the lowest level of graduate employment at 84.66%, whereas construction graduates had the highest level at 92.27%. Gender, age, and education level did not show a statistically significant correlation with whether the graduates are able to secure employment after graduation. On the other hand, whether English is spoken at home did present a statistically significant correlation with whether graduates secured employment or not after graduation. Demographic factors showed a statistically significant correlation with whether graduates were able to secure full-time or part-time employment. Architecture graduates who were male, age 24 years or above, studied a postgraduate degree and spoke English at home were found to be more likely to be employed on a full-time basis after graduation. Age, gender, and whether English is spoken at home did not correlate with whether construction and urban planning graduates were employed full-time.;