Table 2 Positive and negative attitudes towards VET

(Perceived) quality of education (latent)

− 0.072 [0.063]

0.003 [0.055]

(Perceived) labour market outcomes (latent)

0.271 [0.072]^a

0.306 [0.082]^a

VET enables people to continue to higher education

Yes

Yes

VET does not provide soft skills

Yes

Yes

VET does not lead to well-regarded jobs

Yes

Yes

Likelihood of finding a job (relative to people with general education)

 Equally likely

− 0.161 [0.100]

− 0.798 [0.082]^a

 Less likely

− 0.634 [0.108]^a

− 0.507 [0.118]^a

 Don’t know

− 0.300 [0.055]^a

− 0.806 [0.203]^a

Being accepted in VET (relative to general education)

 Slightly easier

0.231 [0.060]^a

0.129 [0.085]

 No difference

0.618 [0.043]^a

0.189 [0.090]^a

 Slightly more difficult

0.401 [0.101]^a

0.350 [0.130]^a

 Much more difficult

0.355 [0.114]^a

0.318 [0.125]^a

 Don’t know

0.647 [0.107]^a

0.252 [0.169]

Education

Yes

Yes

Attended VET (recently or in the past)

0.252[0.054]^a

0.307 [0.050]^a

Father’s education

Yes

Yes

Difficulties in making ends meet

Yes

Yes

Gender

Yes

Yes

Age class

Yes

Yes

Number of persons in the household

Yes

Yes

Current labour market position

Yes

Yes

Area

Yes

Yes

Country dummies

Yes

Yes

Constant

− 0.544 [0.287]

− 2.040 [0.362]^a

Number of observations

20,086

Log likelihood restricted model

− 21,177.898

Log likelihood full model

− 20,109.872

Chi squared test

2,136.052^a