Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) for young people in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 3 Moderator analysis results for categorical factors

Outcome	Factor	Q_b	Mean ES	95% CI
Overall paid employment	Study quality	6.49*
	Medium		0.06	-0.01, 0.12
	Low		0.25	0.12, 0.38
	Length of follow-up	0.273
	Medium-term		0.12	0, 0.24
	Short-term		0.18	0, 0.36
	Intervention type	1.43
	Two-phase models		0.16	0.04, 0.28
	Other models		0.01	-0.2, 0.22
	Gender	2.1
	Female		0.1	0, 0.2
	Male		0.01	-0.08, 0.09
Formal employment	Study quality	10.6*
	Medium		0.12	0.05, 0.19
	Low		0.37	0.24, 0.5
Earnings	Study quality	0.204
	Medium		0.12	0.05, 0.18
	Low		0.15	0.01, 0.3
	Length of follow-up	0.186
	Medium-term		0.14	0.05, 0.24
	Short-term		0.22	-0.13, 0.58
	Intervention type	0.397
	Two-phase models		0.14	0.04, 0.23
	Other models		0.06	-0.15, 0.27
	Gender	1.26
	Female		0.14	0.08, 0.21
	Male		0.09	0.02, 0.16
Self-employment earnings**	Gender	1.27
	Female		0.03	-0.08, 0.13
	Male		-0.06	-0.18, 0.05
Weekly hours worked in paid employment	Study quality	1.41
	Medium		0.02	-0.05, 0.09
	Low		0.1	-0.01, 0.22
	Length of follow-up	0.109
	Medium-term		0.04	-0.03, 0.1
	Short-term		0.07	-0.1, 0.24
	Intervention type	0.068
	Two-phase models		0.04	-0.02, 0.1
	Other models		0.07	-0.14, 0.28
	Gender	10.1*
	Female		0.16	0.04, 0.28
	Male		-0.09	-0.2, 0.01