Early termination of vocational training: dropout or stopout?

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 5 Sample selection

Cleaning steps	Chamber of Crafts		Chamber of Industry and Commerce		Overall
Cleaning steps	Beginnings	Terminations	Beginnings	Terminations	Beginnings	Terminations
Began between 1994 and 2006	17,702	6704	40,001	7796	57,703	14,500
Apprentice without prior apprenticeship (first apprenticeship in chamber)	14,189	5215	27,435	4847	41,624	10,062
Apprenticeship start date in chamber = Apprenticeship start date in IEB	12,606	4397	24,931	4092	37,537	8489
Apprenticeship not funded	12,396	4302	24,609	4017	37,005	8319
Apprentice < 23 years of age	12,204	4242	23,812	3889	36,016	8131
Apprenticeship end date in chamber = Apprenticeship end date in IEB		3739		3105		6844
Apprenticeship only in one of the chambers						6791
Premature contract termination between 1999 and 2002 without missing data						2896