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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of care facilities by mobility pattern status

From: The value of apprentices in the care sector: the effect of apprenticeship costs on the mobility of graduates from apprenticeship training

 

Facility switchers

Stayers

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

(a) Individual characteristics

 Duration of apprenticeship (in days)

1062.4

213.4

1076.5

187.1

 Age

23.3

2.6

25.3

3.6

 Female (in %)

79.6

40.3

81.2

39.1

 Graduation of lower/intermediate secondary school (in %)

94.7

22.4

98.0

13.9

 German citizenship (in %)

95.4

21.0

97.7

15.1

 Resides in East Germany (in %)

12.3

32.9

9.5

29.4

(b) Characteristics of care facilities

Number of employees

123.9

160.8

158.3

194.0

 Share of full-time employees (in %)

35.2

17.7

37.3

19.1

 Ambulatory nursing service (in %)

12.8

33.4

7.0

25.5

 Gross median daily pay rate of

82.2

17.2

83.2

17.6

 Full-time employees (in €)

    

(c) Regional variables of counties

 Number of school graduates

3,416.3

3,401.6

4,093.7

4,925.6

 Observations

788

 

787

 

 Number of individuals

449

 

205

 
  1. The table displays means and standard deviations (SD) of characteristics of graduates, care facilities, and counties. Facility switchers are graduates who left the training facility sometime after completing apprenticeship training, while stayers stick to the training facility.
  2. Source: Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies 1975-2017 (SIAB 7517v1); Regional Database of the Federal Statistical Office