Table 4 Summary statistics for the variables in the research

Percentage of the trajectory unemployed (mean, sd)

6.24 (16.55)

Percentage of the trajectory inactive (mean, sd)

5.26 (18.50)

Percentage of the trajectory non-salaried (mean, sd)

9.47 (27.62)

Percentage of the trajectory in stable employment (mean, sd)

46.58 (44.28)

Percentage of the trajectory in temporary employment (mean, sd)

18.25 (31.03)

Percentage of the trajectory in short odd jobs (mean, sd)

10.95 (27.97)

Percentage of the trajectory in informal employment (mean, sd)

1.50 (8.59)

Type of trajectory

Stable employment trajectory

43.6%

Precarious trajectory

26.4%

Temporary employment trajectory

19.7%

Non-salaried employment trajectory

10.3%

Sex

Female

46.8%

Male

53.2%

Age group

20–24 years old

10.4%

25–29 years old

34.6%

30–34 years old

55.0%

National origin

Born in Spain

85.2%

Immigrant (born abroad)

14.8%

Education

Compulsory or less

34.0%

Post-compulsory secondary

22.6%

Higher

43.4%

Parents’ highest occupational status

Business owners and managers

9.4%

Scientific, intellectual and liberal professions

10.7%

Middle management and technical employees

11.2%

Skilled and semi-skilled workers

57.8%

Low-skilled workers

10.8%

Length TPR: Years of experience at the start of the crisis (mean, sd)

5.23 (3.63)

Highest occupational status acquired TPR

Low-skilled job

7.4%

Skilled and semi-skilled job

52.8%

High-skilled job (includes employment of middle management and technical empl., scientific, intellectual and liberal professions, business owners and managers)

39.9%

Stability in TPR

Experience of unemployment or unstable employment TPR

83.7%

No experience of unemployment or unstable employment TPR

16.3%