Introduction
Method
Participants
Instruments
School education, summarized | School education | German | Required School attendance | |
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University entrance qualification | General university entrance-level qualification | “Allgemeine Hochschulreife” | Upper secondary level | 12 or 13 years |
University entrance qualification | Discipline-specific university entrance-level qualification | “Fachhochschulreife” | Upper secondary level | 12 or 13 years |
Other qualifications | General certificate of secondary education | ”Realschulabschluss” | Lower secondary level | 10 years |
Other qualifications | Basic secondary educationa | “Hauptschulabschluss” | Lower secondary level | 9 years |
Results
Education and vocational qualification
Education | Group | |||
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ASD | Population | Χ2(1) | p | |
University entrance-level qualification | 50.4 | 32.5 | 33.7 | < .001* |
General certificate of secondary education | 27.0 | 29.9 | 0.9 | .330 |
Basic secondary education | 16.5 | 29.6 | 18.9 | < .001* |
No school-leaving certificate/unspecifieda | 6.1 | 7.8 | 0.9 | .333 |
Vocational Qualification | ||||
Vocational Qualification | 61.7 | 74.2 | 19.1 | < .001* |
Academic degree | 21.6 | 17.9 | 2.1 | .147 |
Vocational training | 40.1 | 56.3 | 24.8 | < .001* |
In process of graduation | 10.8 | 8.9 | 1.0 | .316 |
Sheltered training measure | 4.3 | n.p | ||
Without completed vocational qualification | 16.8 | 16.5 | 0.02 | .899 |
Employment
Employment status in % | |||||||
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School Education | Employed | In education | Preparatory activities | Unemployed | Retirement | Unspecified | Total |
University entrance qualification | 44.3 | 21.7 | 6.1 | 21.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 100 |
Secondary education | 31.3 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 32.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 100 |
No school-leaving certificate | 7.1 | 14.3 | 57.1 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 100 |
Average | 36.4 | 16.7 | 11.4 | 25.4 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 100 |
Vocational Qualification | |||||||
Academic degree | 65.3 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 14.3 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 100 |
Vocational training | 45.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 30.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 100 |
Without qualification | 11.4 | 33.0 | 19.3 | 26.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 100 |
Average | 36.5 | 17.0 | 11.3 | 25.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 100 |
Unemployment
Education | Group | |||
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ASD | Population | Χ2(1) | p | |
Successful school education | 98.3 | 82.4 | 10.1 | .001 |
University entrance qualification | 43.1 | 17.8 | 25.4 | < .001* |
General university entrance-level qualification | 25.9 | 11.6 | 11.5 | < .001* |
Discipline-specific entrance-level qualification | 17.2 | 6.2 | 12.2 | < .001* |
General certificate of secondary education | 31.0 | 21.5 | 3.1 | .077 |
Basic secondary education | 24.1 | 33.5 | 2.3 | .131 |
No school-leaving certificate | 1.7 | 17.6 | 10.1 | .001* |
Unspecified | – | 9.7 |
Vocational Qualification | Group | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
ASD | Population | Χ2(1) | p | |
Academic education | 12.3 | 7.9 | 1.5 | .220 |
Vocational training | 49.1 | 39.6 | 2.2 | .142 |
Without completed vocational qualification/unspecified | 38.6 | 52.4 | 4.4 | .037* |