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Table 5 Cohort comparison per cluster with regard to the average time (in years) spent in a specific employment status

From: Employment trajectories of workers in low-skilled jobs in Western Germany

 

Employment status

Cohort 1955–1959

Cohort 1965–1969

Mean

SD

Rel. Freq

Mean

SD

Rel. Freq.

Cluster 1—Predominantly full-time, low-skilled work

FTLW

8.0

2.2

0.80

7.2

2.3

0.72

PTLW

0.3

1.0

0.03

0.2

0.4

0.02

FTMW

0.7

1.1

0.07

1.8

1.7

0.18

PTMW

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.0

0.2

0.00

FTHW

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.1

0.6

0.01

PTHW

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.0

0.0

0.00

FTNA

0.1

0.4

0.01

0.1

0.4

0.01

PTNA

0.1

0.3

0.01

0.0

0.1

0.00

UE

0.7

1.5

0.07

0.3

1.1

0.03

NW

0.2

0.5

0.02

0.4

0.8

0.04

Cluster 2—Predominantly full-time, medium-skilled work

FTLW

0.9

1.3

0.09

0.9

1.4

0.09

PTLW

0.1

0.4

0.01

0.0

0.1

0.00

FTMW

8.0

1.9

0.80

8.0

2.1

0.80

PTMW

0.1

0.5

0.01

0.0

0.3

0.00

FTHW

0.5

1.1

0.05

0.5

1.2

0.05

PTHW

0.0

0.2

0.00

0.0

0.1

0.00

FTNA

0.2

0.7

0.02

0.1

0.5

0.01

PTNA

0.0

0.2

0.00

0.0

0.1

0.00

UE

0.2

0.6

0.02

0.3

1.1

0.03

NW

0.1

0.5

0.01

0.2

0.6

0.02

Cluster 3—Predominantly full-time, high-skilled work

FTLW

0.0

0.2

0.00

0.0

0.3

0.00

PTLW

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.0

0.0

0.00

FTMW

0.9

1.3

0.09

0.5

1.0

0.05

PTMW

0.0

0.2

0.00

0.0

0.2

0.00

FTHW

8.6

1.9

0.86

8.5

2.4

0.85

PTHW

0.2

1.0

0.02

0.5

1.8

0.05

FTNA

0.1

0.5

0.01

0.2

0.6

0.02

PTNA

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.0

0.3

0.00

UE

0.1

0.4

0.01

0.1

0.4

0.01

NW

0.1

0.3

0.01

0.1

0.5

0.01

Cluster 4—Predominantly part-time, medium-skilled work

FTLW

0.1

0.4

0.01

0.1

0.5

0.01

PTLW

3.0

3.2

0.30

0.3

0.8

0.03

FTMW

0.3

0.6

0.03

0.2

0.8

0.02

PTMW

5.3

3.4

0.53

3.9

3.3

0.39

FTHW

0.0

0.2

0.00

0.3

0.6

0.03

PTHW

0.1

0.3

0.01

0.4

1.4

0.04

FTNA

0.0

0.4

0.00

0.0

0.2

0.00

PTNA

0.1

0.5

0.01

0.1

0.3

0.01

UE

0.3

0.8

0.03

0.5

1.4

0.05

NW

0.6

1.1

0.06

4.2

3.4

0.42

Cluster 5—Inactive and predominantly part-time, low-skilled work

FTLW

0.3

0.8

0.03

0.8

0.9

0.08

PTLW

1.1

1.9

0.11

7.1

1.8

0.71

FTMW

0.2

0.6

0.02

0.1

0.5

0.01

PTMW

0.3

0.7

0.03

0.5

0.8

0.05

FTHW

0.1

0.5

0.01

0.0

0.0

0.00

PTHW

0.2

0.9

0.02

0.0

0.2

0.00

FTNA

0.1

0.3

0.01

0.0

0.2

0.00

PTNA

0.2

0.6

0.02

0.2

0.4

0.02

UE

0.2

0.7

0.02

0.2

1.1

0.02

NW

7.3

2.5

0.73

1.1

1.4

0.11

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