Table 2 Sample statistics of students with or without commercial vocational and educational training
From: Assessing the financial knowledge of university students in Germany
Variables | With commercial VET N = 155 | Without commercial VET N = 618 |
|---|---|---|
Number (%) | Number (%) | |
Gender | ||
Male | 77 (49.68) | 314 (50.81) |
Female | 78 (50.32) | 304 (49.19) |
Mother Tongue | ||
German | 137 (88.39) | 519 (84.39) |
Foreign | 18 (11.61) | 96 (15.61) |
Mathematics Course | ||
Completed | 123 (79.35) | 439 (75.43) |
Not Completed | 26 (16.77) | 143 (24.57) |
Finance Course | ||
Completed | 82 (52.90) | 302 (54.03) |
Not Completed | 61 (39.35) | 257 (45.97) |
Upper Secondary School | ||
Commercial | 23 (14.84) | 92 (16.11) |
Other | 124 (80.00) | 479 (83.89) |
Type of Institution | ||
University | 110 (70.97) | 539 (87.22) |
University of Applied Sciences | 45 (29.03) | 79 (12.78) |
Variables | With Commercial VET N = 155 | Without Commercial VET N = 618 |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Final School Grade* | 2.59 (.51) | 2.34 (.53) |
Number of Semesters | 3.98 (2.04) | 3.76 (2.19) |