Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 1 Final sample description

From: Influence of student’s ability to delay gratification on their educational transition choice

	N	%	Male (%)	Female (%)	Rural (%)	Urban (%)
General	821	80.2	41.6	58.4	38.7	61.3
Vocational	203	19.8	61.2	38.8	63.5	36.5
Total	1024	100	51.9	48.1	53.6	46.4

Variables	Overall		General		Vocational		Min.	Max.	Items
Variables	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	Min.	Max.	Items
ADG	2.91	8.61	3.11	9.03	1.73	4.29	10	40	10
SES	8.22	2.11	12.35	3.96	5.31	2.86	0	25	1
CA	56.41	19.20	62.09	12.47	43.21	14.73	33	100	1

N number of students, M mean, SD standard deviation, ADG ability to delay gratification, SES socio-economic status, CA cognitive ability

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