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

Michaelis, Christian; Richter, Maria

doi:10.1186/s40461-022-00135-5

Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 7 Multinomial logistic regression model to explain sequence clusters after PTT

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

Cluster	1 Direct re-entry into VET			2 Later re-entry into VET			3 Further school attendance			4 Transition to higher education			5 Fragmented trajectories			6 Transition to unemployment			7 Transition to employment
	AME	S.E	p-value	AME	S.E	p-value	AME	S.E	p-value	AME	S.E	p-value	AME	S.E	p-value	AME	S.E	p-value	AME	S.E	p-value
Low educational qualification	–0.037	0.029	0.205	–0.011	0.036	0.752	–0.030	0.025	0.230	– 0.045	0.010	0.000	0.086	0.028	0.002	0.038	0.025	0.123	0.000	0.025	0.994
Poor GPA	– 0.051	0.027	0.061	0.061	0.034	0.073	– 0.054	0.023	0.020	– 0.011	0.013	0.389	0.026	0.026	0.316	0.055	0.024	0.024	– 0.026	0.023	0.254
Graduation after more than the typical number of years	– 0.024	0.031	0.439	– 0.008	0.037	0.834	– 0.042	0.024	0.082	– 0.019	0.013	0.152	0.042	0.030	0.153	0.041	0.027	0.135	0.010	0.027	0.703
Participating in a prevocational program before VET	– 0.011	0.031	0.726	0.040	0.037	0.286	– 0.048	0.024	0.049	– 0.018	0.015	0.226	0.003	0.026	0.902	0.006	0.024	0.808	0.029	0.028	0.297
Failure to realize the desired occupation	0.023	0.032	0.476	– 0.065	0.040	0.098	0.002	0.032	0.940	– 0.010	0.025	0.701	– 0.014	0.028	0.626	0.003	0.025	0.913	0.061	0.024	0.013
Migration background	0.017	0.029	0.553	– 0.038	0.034	0.255	0.072	0.026	0.005	– 0.014	0.013	0.271	– 0.037	0.025	0.142	– 0.017	0.023	0.472	0.016	0.025	0.513
Low parental education	– 0.103	0.039	0.008	– 0.106	0.054	0.049	0.100	0.055	0.070	– 0.032	0.024	0.184	0.007	0.047	0.880	0.048	0.045	0.291	0. 086	0.052	0.099
Low parental occupational status	– 0.018	0.028	0.518	0.032	0.034	0.344	0.001	0.025	0.982	– 0.045	0.007	0.000	0.004	0.025	0.886	0.047	0.024	0.051	– 0.021	0.024	0.376
Conscientiousness (z- stand.)	0.010	0.014	0.479	0.018	0.017	0.314	– 0.012	0.012	0.335	0.000	0.007	0.951	– 0.013	0.014	0.374	0.012	0.012	0.305	– 0.016	0.012	0.198
Agreeableness (z-stand.)	0.021	0.014	0.118	0.003	0.018	0.860	0.002	0.012	0.856	– 0.009	0.007	0.170	0.006	0.015	0.692	– 0.021	0.013	0.111	– 0.002	0.012	0.844
Openness (z- stand.)	– 0.027	0.014	0.055	0.000	0.017	0.982	0.026	0.011	0.021	– 0.002	0.006	0.763	– 0.027	0.014	0.056	0.016	0.014	0.246	0.014	0.012	0.253
Self- efficacy (z- stand0.)	0.005	0.014	0.709	– 0.003	0.017	0.843	– 0.022	0.013	0.082	0.000	0.016	0.989	0.004	0.012	0.717	– 0.008	0.011	0.486	0.024	0.012	0.054
Sex (female)	0.010	0.025	0.688	0.020	0.031	0.531	– 0.020	0.022	0.363	– 0.013	0.013	0.321	0.017	0.024	0.472	– 0.025	0.022	0.248	0.010	0.022	0.634
Training in eastern federal states in 1st VET program	0.029	0.038	0.448	– 0.032	0.042	0.442	– 0.033	0.030	0.275	– 0.007	0.016	0.663	0.020	0.034	0.561	0.083	0.035	0.016	– 0.060	0.025	0.017
Training in full- time school- based VET system in 1st VET program	0.018	0.025	0.471	– 0.055	0.031	0.071	0.108	0.023	0.000	0.010	0.012	0.429	0.018	0.024	0.449	– 0.065	0.020	0.001	– 0.034	0.021	0.116
Time spent in first VET program until PTT	0.005	0.001	0.001	0.000	0.002	0.816	– 0.006	0.002	0.002	– 0.001	0.001	0.313	-0.001	0.001	0.492	0.001	0.001	0.557	0.003	0.001	0.031
R²	0.054

n = 944
Significance levels refer to AME coefficients
Effects with p ≤ 0.1 in bold type

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