Do they intend to stay? An empirical study of commercial apprentices’ motivation, satisfaction and intention to remain within the learned occupation

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 4 Profile differences regarding the status quo of remaining intentions and further education plans

	E-Profile		M-Profile		χ² (df)	Cramer’s V
	n	%	n	%	χ² (df)	Cramer’s V
Remaining intention
Yes	328	56	343	59.4
Maybe	157	26.8	125	21.7
No	101	17.2	109	18.9	ns	ns
Valid n	586		577
Follow-up employment
Yes	305	52.8	372	66.2
No	273	47.2	190	33.8	21.289 (1)***	.137***
Valid n	578		562
Further education intentions
Valid n	586		575
Another apprenticeship
Yes	31	5.3	8	1.4
No	555	94.7	567	98.6	13.586 (1)***	.108***
Federal vocational baccalaureate
Yes	238	40.6	3	.5
No	348	59.4	572	99.5	283.61 (1)***	.494***
Federal baccalaureate
Yes	17	2.9	25	4.3
No	569	97.1	550	97.1	ns	ns
Federal examinations
Yes	102	17.4	56	9.7
No	484	82.6	519	90.3	14.511 (1)***	.112***
College of higher education
Yes	111	18.9	106	11.8
No	475	81.1	469	81.6	ns	ns
University of applied sciences
Yes	143	24.4	333	57.9
No	443	75.6	242	42.1	134.728 (1)***	.341***
University of teacher education
Yes	42	7.2	70	12.2
No	544	92.8	505	92.8	.8346 (1)**	.085**
University/federal institute of technology
Yes	54	9.2	89	15.5
No	532	90.8	486	84.5	10.542 (1)**	.095**
No further education within next 5 years
Yes	44	7.5	24	4.2
No	542	92.5	551	95.8	5.853 (1)*	.071*
Undecided about further education plans
Yes	159	27.1	103	17.9
No	427	72.9	472	82.1	14.229 (1)***	.110***