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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and correlations (r)

From: Dropout predictors in the academic fields of economics and engineering in cooperative education: an observation of the first academic year using cox regression

 

1.

 

2.

 

3.

4.

 

5.

 

6.

 

7.

 

8.

1. Affective commitment

–

             

2. Continuance commitment

0.05

**

–

           

3. Normative commitment

0.15

***

0.39

***

–

         

4. Autonomy

0.11

***

0.02

 

0.00

–

        

5. Competence

0.15

***

0.02

 

0.04

0.68

***

–

      

6. Relatedness

0.16

***

– 0.04

#

– 0.04

0.29

***

0.37

***

–

    

7. UEQG

0.08

***

– 0.01

 

– 0.04

– 0.10

***

– 0.06

**

– 0.03

 

–

  

8. Age

– 0.05

*

0.03

 

– 0.01

0.04

*

0.02

 

– 0.04

#

– 0.37

***

–

M

3.38

 

3.25

 

3.86

3.38

 

3.65

 

4.23

 

3.84

 

21.69

SD

0.87

 

0.91

 

0.82

0.74

 

0.63

 

0.75

 

0.60

 

2.91

Skew

– 0.31

 

– 0.33

 

– 0.71

– 0.33

 

– 0.41

 

– 1.33

 

– 0.18

 

4.14

Kurtosis

– 0.21

 

– 0.35

 

0.23

0.17

 

0.38

 

2.23

 

– 0.63

 

33.41

  1. N = 2363. Variables ranging from 1 (= strongly disagree) to 5 (= strongly agree). University entrance qualification grade ranges from 2 (= lowest performance) to 5 (= best performance). Age vary between 18 and 60 years. UEQG = university entrance qualification grade; #p < .10; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001