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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of variables across academic years

From: Movers and stayers in STEM enrollment in Italy: who performs better?

 

All

2008/2009

2009/2010

2010/2011

2011/2012

2012/2013

2013/2014

2014/2015

2015/2016

Credits Earned (mean)

36.11

35.12

34.91

35.30

35.93

36.30

35.49

37.43

38.08

(SD)

(17.35)

(17.49)

(17.56)

(17.37)

(17.46)

(17.21)

(16.95)

(17.21)

(17.30)

Female (%)

38.90

41.00

40.80

39.70

39.30

38.60

38.30

37.10

36.80

HS Grade (%)

27.50

33.70

27.10

26.30

27.00

25.00

26.70

27.00

27.60

Classic Lyceum (%)

9.90

10.30

10.60

10.40

10.40

10.20

9.70

9.40

8.70

Scientific Lyceum (%)

61.90

59.70

60.40

62.30

63.50

63.40

60.90

61.80

62.90

Other HS (%)

28.10

30.00

29.10

27.20

26.20

26.40

29.40

28.80

28.40

Late (%)

4.90

3.90

4.20

4.00

5.10

4.60

5.50

5.60

6.10

Change (%)

3.20

1.10

2.50

2.90

3.60

3.90

4.10

3.60

4.00

N

406,587

48,317

50,633

52,321

52,213

51,603

44,671

51,821

55,008

Stayers from south (%)a

78.17

82.5

79.70

77.60

76.40

76.30

79.5

76.40

76.60

Movers from south (%)a

21.83

17.50

20.30

22.40

23.60

23.70

20.5

23.60

23.40

N (only southern students)

152,730

20,249

19,859

19,506

18,522

18,651

17,416

18,601

19,926

  1. aIn this table we include only the percentages that refer to the student mobility from southern regions, because it is the main focus of our study