Table 1 Descriptive statistics of all variables (N = 6014).
From: The role of different types of skills and signals in youth labor market integration
Min. | Max. | Mean | Std. dev. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dependent variables | ||||
Immediate job entry | 0 | 1 | 0.81 | |
Horizontal match | 0 | 1 | 0.71 | |
Vertical match | 0 | 1 | 0.74 | |
Job security | 0 | 1 | 0.37 | |
Self-rated skills | ||||
Self-rated specific skills | 1 | 5 | 3.87 | 0.63 |
Self-rated generic skills | 1 | 5 | 3.79 | 0.66 |
Educational signals | ||||
Apprenticeship at firm (no = ref.) | ||||
Yes | 0 | 1 | 0.49 | |
Missing | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
VET track (school-based = ref.) | ||||
Work-based VET track | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | |
Educational VET level (level 2 = ref.) | ||||
VET level 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.30 | |
VET level 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.56 | |
Average graduation grade | 6 | 8.5 | 7.32 | 0.54 |
Controls | ||||
Educational sector | ||||
Economics (= ref.) | 0 | 1 | 0.28 | |
Agriculture | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | |
Technology | 0 | 1 | 0.23 | |
Social work/welfare | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | |
Health care | 0 | 1 | 0.29 | |
Female | 0 | 1 | 0.63 | |
Age | 18 | 27 | 22.05 | 1.92 |
Ethnic background | ||||
Native Dutch (= ref.) | 0 | 1 | 0.32 | |
Western migration background | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | |
Non-western migration background | 0 | 1 | 0.24 | |
Missing | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | |
Parental educational background | ||||
Primary education (= ref.) | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | |
Lower secondary education | 0 | 1 | 0.18 | |
Upper secondary gen. education | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | |
Upper secondary VET education | 0 | 1 | 0.39 | |
Tertiary education | 0 | 1 | 0.28 | |
Missing | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | |