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Table 3 Attitudes towards VET, weighted data (clustered standard error in brackets)

From: Attractiveness is in the eye of the beholder

 

Attitude towards VET

(Perceived) quality of education (latent)

1.313 [0.151]a

(Perceived) labour market outcomes (latent)

0.464 [0.054]a

VET enables people to continue to higher education

Yes

VET does not provide soft skills

Yes

VET does not lead to well-regarded jobs

 Tend to agree

0.337 [0.110]a

 Tend to disagree

0.719 [0.117]a

 Totally disagree

0.938 [0.112]a

 Don’t know

0.694 [0.163]a

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

Yes

Being accepted in VET (relative to General Education)

Yes

Education

Attended VET (recently or in the past)

Yes

Father’s education

Difficulties in making ends meet

 

Gender

Yes

Age class

 

Number of persons in the household

 

Current labour market position

 

Area

 

Country dummies

Yes

Constant

− 4.616 [0.914]a

Number of observations

20,029

Log likelihood restricted model

− 10,322.546

Log likelihood full model

− 8,279.251

Chi squared test

4,086.590a

  1. aSignificant at 5%. The reference group of the variable is in parentheses: VET does not lead to well-regarded jobs (totally agree), Education (no education), VET enables people to go on to university (totally agree), VET does not provide students with soft skills (totally agree), likelihood that VET graduates find a job compared to GE graduates (more likely), ease of being accepted on a VET course (much easier), age group (15 to 24), current occupation (self-employed), Father’s Education (no education), Difficulties in making ends meet (most of the time), Area (rural area), and number of people in the household (1 person)