Table 1 |
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Selected factors of educational aspirations among adolescents: descriptive data |
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All respondents |
Grammar schools |
Specialised sec. schools |
Vocational schools |
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Age * |
16.86 (1.11) |
16.77 (1.12) |
16.74 (1.06) |
17.02 (1.13) |
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Gender |
male |
927 (46.5) |
207 (41.7) |
316 (42.5) |
404 (53.7) |
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female |
1065 (53.5) |
289 (58.3) |
428 (57.5) |
348 (46.3) |
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Self-rated health |
excellent |
507 (25.5) |
112 (22.6) |
197 (26.6) |
198 (26.4) |
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very good |
819 (48.8) |
246 (49.6) |
324 (43.7) |
249 (33.2) |
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good, fairly good, bad |
660 (30.6) |
138 (27.8) |
220 (29.7) |
302 (40.3) |
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Father's education |
university |
376 (19.5) |
218 (44.7) |
116 (16.0) |
42 (5.8) |
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secondary |
849 (43.9) |
199 (40.8) |
350 (48.3) |
300 (41.7) |
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vocational or lower |
707 (36.6) |
71 (14.5) |
258 (35.6) |
378 (52.5) |
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Mother's education |
university |
323 (16.5) |
183 (37.3) |
101 (13.6) |
39 (5.4) |
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secondary |
1093 (55.7) |
276 (56.2) |
465 (62.6) |
352 (48.4) |
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vocational or lower |
546 (27.8) |
32 (6.5) |
177 (23.8) |
337 (46.3) |
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Mother's unemployment |
no |
1603 (81.3) |
443 (89.5) |
632 (88.4) |
575 (81.0) |
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yes |
368 (18.7) |
52 (10.5) |
83 (11.6) |
135 (19.0) |
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Father's unemployment |
no |
1653 (87.0) |
446 (93.9) |
615 (83.1) |
545 (74.0) |
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yes |
247 (13.0) |
29 (6.1) |
125 (16.9) |
191 (26.0) |
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Doubts about affordability of further study |
never |
994 (50.3) |
224 (45.3) |
346 (46.8) |
424 (57.1) |
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rarely |
411 (20.8) |
127 (25.7) |
160 (21.6) |
124 (16.7) |
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sometimes |
339 (17.1) |
81 (16.4) |
138 (18.6) |
120 (16.2) |
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very often, often |
234 (11.8) |
63 (12.7) |
96 (13.0) |
75 (10.1) |
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Perceived social support * |
from mother |
9.77 (3.36) |
9.95 (3.44) |
9.62 (3.32) |
9.81 (3.34) |
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from father |
11.74 (4.29) |
11.67 (4.27) |
11.52 (4.14) |
12.00 (4.45) |
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from friends |
9.84 (2.84) |
9.86 (2.84) |
9.81 (2.82) |
9.87 (2.84) |
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School atmosphere |
friendly |
969 (49.0) |
291 (59.0) |
385 (51.9) |
293 (39.4) |
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Bearable, bad |
1009 (51.0) |
202 (41.0) |
357 (48.1) |
450 (60.6) |
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Study conditions at school |
excellent |
512 (25.9) |
127 (25.7) |
165 (22.2) |
220 (29.7) |
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fairly good |
1299 (65.7) |
324 (65.5) |
512 (68.9) |
463 (62.6) |
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bad |
167 (8.4) |
44 (8.9) |
66 (8.9) |
57 (7.7) |
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Do you like visiting school |
yes |
408 (20.6) |
104 (21.1) |
140 (18.8) |
164 (22.0) |
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yes, a bit |
968 (48.8) |
240 (48.6) |
354 (47.6) |
374 (50.2) |
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no |
606 (30.6) |
150 (30.4) |
249 (33.5) |
207 (27.8) |
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Sense of coherence * |
manageability |
13.48 (2.95) |
13.70 (2.73) |
13.52 (2.87) |
13.27 (3.15) |
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meaningfulness |
13.92 (2.97) |
13.86 (2.90) |
13.93 (2.94) |
13.95 (3.05) |
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comprehensibility |
15.43 (3.60) |
15.72 (3.41) |
15.29 (3.32) |
15.38 (3.99) |
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In rows marked by * mean (SD) are presented, for the rest N (%) are presented. |
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Madarasova Geckova et al. BMC Public Health 2010 10:154 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-154 |
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