Table 1 Asylum seeker characteristics

Age in years

24.87

6.50

33.05

10.54

Time in Germany in months

10.56^a

3.00

16.71^d

6.56

Years of schooling (S)

8.85

5.04

10.06

3.09

Years of schooling father (S^F)

5.86

5.91

–

–

Years of schooling mother (S^M)

3.79

5.22

–

–

Parental years of schooling (S^P)

6.41

5.96

–

–

Work in home country (yes: 1; no: 0)

0.73

0.45

0.97

0.18

Work Experience (in years)

5.51^b

6.05

10.88

10.56

Number of words in language test

15.48^c

8.64

–

–

Work in Germany [1 yes; 0 no]

0.09

0.28

0.12

0.32

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