Table 7 Descriptive statistics of the explanatory variables included in the multinomial logistic regression
From: Mapping the (mis)match of university degrees in the graduate labor market
First job | Current job | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |
Architecture | 176 | 0.72 | 120 | 0.6 |
Biology | 813 | 3.34 | 537 | 2.9 |
Business Studies | 748 | 3.08 | 588 | 3.2 |
Chemistry | 635 | 2.61 | 503 | 2.7 |
Engineering | 1761 | 7.24 | 1523 | 8.2 |
Fine Arts | 221 | 0.91 | 128 | 0.7 |
History and Philosophy | 1178 | 4.84 | 841 | 4.5 |
Journalism | 1253 | 5.15 | 867 | 4.6 |
Labor Relations | 384 | 1.58 | 297 | 1.6 |
Languages and Literature | 932 | 3.83 | 701 | 3.8 |
Law Studies | 870 | 3.58 | 668 | 3.6 |
Management and Economics Studies | 1511 | 6.21 | 1220 | 6.5 |
Mathematics | 356 | 1.46 | 295 | 1.6 |
Medicine | 708 | 2.91 | 696 | 3.7 |
Nursing Studies | 2085 | 8.58 | 1506 | 8.1 |
Pharmacy | 532 | 2.19 | 422 | 2.3 |
Physics | 348 | 1.43 | 265 | 1.4 |
Political Science and Sociology | 306 | 1.26 | 229 | 1.2 |
Psychology | 928 | 3.82 | 710 | 3.8 |
Quantity Surveyors (Technical Architecture) | 567 | 2.33 | 402 | 2.2 |
Social Work | 676 | 2.78 | 491 | 2.6 |
Sports Science | 465 | 1.91 | 356 | 1.9 |
Teacher Studies | 3054 | 12.56 | 2377 | 12.7 |
Technical Engineering | 2727 | 11.22 | 2151 | 11.5 |
Tourism Studies | 670 | 2.76 | 465 | 2.5 |
Veterinary | 291 | 1.20 | 217 | 1.2 |
Other university degrees | 119 | 0.49 | 85 | 0.5 |
Female (= 1) | 14,817 | 60.94 | 11,275 | 60.4 |
Internship (= 1 yes) | 15,852 | 65.20 | ||
Master’s degree (= 1 yes) | 6271 | 33.6 | ||
Age (under 30 years old) | 11,040 | 59.2 | ||
Age (from 30 to 34 years old) | 4588 | 24.6 | ||
Age (35 years old or older) | 3032 | 16.2 | ||
Observations | 24,314 | 18,660 | ||