Vocational training choice from a regional perspective

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 12 Correlation matrix of regional variables

	Supply–demand-relation vocational trainings	Unemployment rate	Share of upper secondary school graduates	Share_Agriculture	Share_Production	Share_Construction	Share_Science	Share_Logistics	Share_Trade	Share_Clerical	Share_Social services	Urban regions	Regions with urbanization trend	Rural regions	Simpson index
Supply–demand-relation vocational trainings	1.00
Unemployment rate	−0.25	−0.16
Share of upper secondary school graduates	−0.28	0.29	1.00
Share_Agriculture	−0.02	0.51	−0.03	1.00
Share_Production	0.31	−0.54	−0.48	−0.36	1.00
Share_Construction	0.16	0.33	−0.28	0.72	−0.12	1.00
Share_Science	−0.13	−0.12	0.32	−0.36	−0.31	−0.54	1.00
Share_Logistics	−0.23	0.27	0.04	0.29	−0.26	0.25	−0.20	1.00
Share_Trade	0.11	−0.01	0.05	0.14	−0.43	0.18	−0.08	−0.04	1.00
Share_Clerical	−0.29	0.03	0.45	−0.37	−0.47	−0.64	0.60	−0.16	−0.05	1.00
Share_Social services	−0.15	0.55	0.15	0.50	−0.51	0.46	−0.25	−0.01	0.27	−0.26	1.00
Urban regions	−0.28	0.24	0.48	−0.34	−0.37	−0.48	0.63	−0.01	−0.08	0.60	−0.12	1.00
Regions with urbanization trend	−0.01	−0.25	−0.16	−0.10	0.28	−0.16	−0.13	−0.09	−0.08	−0.13	−0.05	−0.45	1.00
Rural regions	0.26	0.03	−0.28	0.40	0.06	0.59	−0.43	0.10	0.15	−0.40	0.15	−0.45	−0.60	1.00
Simpson index	0.19	−0.50	−0.27	−0.57	0.82	−0.44	−0.19	−0.37	−0.43	−0.01	−0.59	−0.14	0.24	−0.11	1.00

Data source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit; Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (2018); Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder 2018