Discontinuities in vocational education and training: the influence of early-risk factors and personality constructs on premature training termination and subsequent trajectories

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 3 Binomial regression model to explain PTT in adolescents’ first VET program

	AME (dy/dx)	S.E	p-value (P)
Low educational qualification	0.111	0.017	0.000
Poor GPA	0.043	0.015	0.003
Failure to realize the desired occupation	0.086	0.016	0.000
Graduation after more than the typical number of years	0.067	0.017	0.000
Participating in a prevocational program before VET	0.043	0.017	0.011
Migration background	0.081	0.017	0.000
Low parental education	0.068	0.029	0.021
Low parental occupational status	0.037	0.015	0.017
Conscientiousness (z-stand.)	− 0.014	0.007	0.057
Agreeableness (z-stand.)	− 0.002	0.007	0.760
Openness (z-stand.)	0.018	0.007	0.010
Self-efficacy (z-stand.)	0.011	0.008	0.171
Sex (female)	0.006	0.014	0.684
Training in eastern federal states	0.050	0.019	0.010
Training in school-based VET system	0.153	0.015	0.000
R²	0.091

Reference group: Successful in first VET program; n = 4892; significance levels refer to AME coefficients; effects with a p ≤ 0.1 in bold type