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Table 6 Characteristics of young adults by gender and school leaving certificate. Proportions shown as percent (Column percents)

From: Transitions into vocational education and training by lower and intermediate secondary school leavers. Can male adolescents compensate for their school-based educational disadvantage in comparison with female adolescents?

Characteristic

Maximum lower secondary school leaving certificate

Intermediate school leaving certificate

Qualification for higher education

Total

Male adolescents

Female adolescents

Male adolescents

Female adolescents

Male adolescents

Female adolescents

School-based and vocational education and training of parents

 Maximum intermediate school leaving certificate, without vocational qualification

16

16

6

8

4

4

9

 Maximum lower secondary school leaving certificate, with vocational qualification

36

35

25

25

13

11

24

 Intermediate school leaving certificate, with vocational qualification

27

26

35

42

23

30

31

 University (of Applied Sciences) entry qualification with or without vocational qualification

9

8

15

11

17

15

13

 University (of Applied Sciences) entry qualification

7

6

16

12

41

38

20

 Missing information

6

10

3

2

3

1

4

Social status of father (EGP classification)

 Higher-grade professionals, managers in large companies (I)

5

3

9

7

18

18

10

 Lower-grade professionals, managers in small companies (II)

4

7

13

11

19

18

12

 Routine non-manual employees (III a/b)

8

7

10

9

10

10

9

 Self employed (IV a/b/c)

8

6

9

10

7

8

8

 Technicians, skilled workers (V, VI)

25

25

25

25

17

16

22

 Unskilled and semi skilled workers (VII a/b)

22

26

14

20

6

10

16

 Never employed, missing information

28

27

21

19

23

20

23

Migration background

 Without migration background

65

65

77

73

80

81

74

 With migration background

35

35

23

27

20

19

26

Type of school most recently attended

 General education school

97

93

89

87

81

82

88

 Vocational school at which general school leaving certificates were attained

3

7

11

13

19

18

12

Average grade on leaving general schooling

 1.0–2.0

11

10

17

24

28

37

22

 2.1–2.5

21

19

33

34

32

28

28

 2.6–3.0

34

33

36

31

27

28

32

 3.1–6.0

30

29

14

10

12

6

16

 Missing information

4

9

1

1

1

1

2

Total (per variable)

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

  1. Basis Young adults born between 1987 to 1993 whose school career ended no later than the end of 2010. (weighted results; unweighted sample size: maximum lower secondary school leaving certificate: 1051; intermediate school leaving certificate: 1585; qualification for higher education: 1577)