Table 6 Estimated average and median unemployment exit duration based on the individual and college characteristics (Kaplan–Meier analysis)
From: Exit duration and unemployment determinants for Korean graduates
Average | Median | Log rank (Mantel–Cox) X2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimate | 95% confidence interval | Estimate | 95% confidence interval | ||||
Lower confidence limit | Upper confidence limit | Lower confidence limit | Upper confidence limit | ||||
Gender | |||||||
Men | 6.733 | 5.378 | 8.087 | 2.000 | 1.140 | 2.860 | 10.243** |
Women | 10.207 | 8.451 | 11.963 | 4.000 | 2.327 | 5.673 | |
Total | 8.358 | 7.253 | 9.463 | 2.000 | 1.140 | 2.860 | |
Cohort | |||||||
Middle school third grader | 9.069 | 7.558 | 10.580 | 3.000 | 1.815 | 4.185 | – |
Vocational high school third grader | 8.641 | 5.088 | 12.194 | 2.000 | 0.133 | 3.867 | |
General high school third grader | 6.940 | 5.189 | 8.692 | 2.000 | .313 | 3.687 | |
Total | 8.358 | 7.253 | 9.463 | 2.000 | 1.140 | 2.860 | |
Type of college | |||||||
2-year college | 6.829 | 4.800 | 8.859 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 2.259 | 3.967* |
4-year university | 8.866 | 7.563 | 10.169 | 3.000 | 1.949 | 4.051 | |
Total | 8.358 | 7.253 | 9.463 | 2.000 | 1.140 | 2.860 | |
Major | |||||||
Liberal arts | 12.480 | 7.622 | 17.338 | 7.000 | 2.104 | 11.896 | Liberal arts/engineering: 6.845** Liberal arts/medicine and pharmacy: 4.075* Social sciences/engineering: 7.302** Arts/engineering: 8.699** |
Social sciences | 9.932 | 7.684 | 12.180 | 4.000 | 1.909 | 6.091 | |
Education | 7.091 | 3.841 | 10.341 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 2.535 | |
Engineering | 6.029 | 4.290 | 7.767 | 1.000 | |||
Natural sciences | 6.805 | 3.476 | 10.134 | 2.000 | 0.000 | 4.689 | |
Medicine and pharmacy | 6.594 | 2.931 | 10.256 | 2.000 | 0.625 | 3.375 | |
Arts and sports | 12.674 | 8.704 | 16.644 | 6.000 | 0.461 | 11.539 | |
Total | 8.358 | 7.253 | 9.463 | 2.000 | 1.140 | 2.860 | |
Location of college | |||||||
Seoul | 10.945 | 7.204 | 14.687 | 4.000 | 1.942 | 6.058 | Seoul/Gyeonggi, |
Gyeonggi, Incheon, and Gangwon | 6.346 | 4.231 | 8.460 | 2.000 | 1.143 | 2.857 | Incheon, and Gangwon: 4.853* Jeolla/Gyeonggi, Incheon and Gangwon: 4.958* |
Gyeongsang | 7.790 | 5.936 | 9.645 | 2.000 | 0.949 | 3.051 | |
Jeolla | 10.343 | 7.073 | 13.613 | 4.000 | 1.543 | 6.457 | |
Chungcheong | 8.272 | 5.979 | 10.565 | 3.000 | 1.104 | 4.896 | |
Total | 8.358 | 7.253 | 9.463 | 2.000 | 1.140 | 2.860 | |