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 4 Descriptive information of subsequent trajectory clusters within 24 months after PTT

Characteristics	1 Direct re-entry into VET	2 Later re-entry into VET	3 Further school attendance	4 Transition to higher education	5 Frag-mented trajectories	6 Transition to unemploy-ment	7 Transition to employ-ment
n	161	279	121	34	129	108	112
General characteristics (in %)
No change of status	44.7	0.0	17.4	41.2	5.4	17.6	19.6
One change of status	46.6	36.6	34.7	38.2	17.8	13.9	19.6
More than one change of status	8.7	63.4	47.9	20.6	76.7	68.5	60.7
Average time in status (in months)
VET	22.8	13.7	1.7	0.0	3.0	0.8	0.6
Prevocational program	0.2	2.1	0.9	0.0	9.7	1.4	1.1
General education	0.1	0.1	16.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.1
Higher education	0.0	0.1	0.4	21.3	0.1	0.0	0.8
Unemployment	0.4	3.3	1.8	1.4	3.3	17.4	4.1
Employment	0.3	4.1	1.4	1.1	1.9	2.4	16.9
Other	0.2	0.7	1.1	0.2	5.6	1.5	0.5
Unknown	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0