Table 7 Comparison of sample characteristics and trainee characteristics based on BIBB data
From: General digital competences of beginning trainees in commercial vocational education and training
| Â | Proportion/mean (M) with standard deviation (SD) in parenthesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Industrial clerks | Retail salespersons | Salespersons | |||
| Â | Sample | Beginning traineesa | Sample | Beginning trainees | Sample | Beginning trainees |
N | 205 | 2619 | 145 | 3375 | 130 | 2475 |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Female | 69% | 63% | 59% | 51% | 52% | 51% |
Age | 19.21 (1.97) | 19.7 | 19.38 (2.62) | 20.7 | 19.66 (5.59) | 20.0 |
Prior vocational apprenticeship | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 7% | 3% | 12% | 29% | 16% | 4% |
School leaving certificate | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Dropout | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
 Lower school certification (Hauptschule) | 1% | 1% | 22% | 26% | 48% | 49% |
 General Certificate of Secondary Education (Realschule) | 33% | 33% | 61% | 53% | 40% | 38% |
 Advanced technical college entrance qualification (Fachhochschulreife) or university entrance qualification (Abitur) | 66% | 64% | 16% | 18% | 9% | 5% |