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Table 2 Student demographic and academic characteristics by profile and gender (% by column)

From: The academic performance of students with a migrant background: evidence from a cohort enrolled at Sapienza University of Rome

Variables

Italians

SGs

ISs

Total

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

Geographical area of citizenship

        

Italy

100.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

95.8

93.6

Romania

a

30.8

34.7

4.1

16.6

0.8

1.7

Eastern Europe

32.0

34.4

8.2

30.3

1.0

2.1

Africa

8.9

6.7

31.2

5.7

0.8

0.4

Asia

8.9

10.2

48.4

28.3

1.1

1.2

Latin America

16.0

10.5

4.9

10.1

0.5

0.7

Western countries

3.6

3.5

3.3

8.9

0.2

0.4

Place of domicile at enrolment

        

Rome

43.3

40.6

50.9

48.1

51.6

55.1

43.7

41.3

out Rome

56.7

59.4

49.1

51.9

48.4

44.9

56.3

58.7

Type of high-school diplomab

        

Classical and Scientific Lyceum

64.3

61.6

27.2

38.9

62.2

59.9

Other Lyceum

4.47

19.2

6.5

18.6

4.4

18.6

Technical or vocational high school

31.2

18.2

66.3

42.5

31.5

18.5

Foreign high school

100.0

100.0

1.8

3.0

Disciplinary areac

        

Architecture

2.5

2.1

3.0

1.4

6.6

2.0

2.6

2.1

Economics

10.5

6.6

15.4

15.8

16.4

7.3

10.7

6.9

Humanities

15.4

27.6

13.6

31.9

18.0

37.7

15.4

28.1

Social sciences

11.5

13.4

13.6

17.5

18.0

23.5

11.6

13.9

Engineering, informatics and statistics

26.4

7.3

34.3

6.0

27.1

6.1

26.6

7.3

Healthcare professions and psychology

21.8

31.5

14.8

19.7

8.2

18.2

21.4

30.7

Scientific disciplines

12.0

11.5

5.3

7.7

5.7

5.3

11.7

11.2

Scholarship

        

Scholarship holder

6.3

7.9

18.3

14.7

57.4

32.8

7.5

8.9

Student status

        

Still enrolled

31.0

25.0

50.9

43.2

54.9

54.3

31.9

26.4

BAs

43.2

52.3

25.4

38.6

23.0

29.6

42.4

51.1

of which time-to-degree <  = 41 monthsd

41.8

45.2

34.9

36.4

28.6

21.9

41.6

44.6

Drop-out

22.7

20.2

22.5

17.5

18.0

12.6

22.6

19.9

Transfer

3.2

2.6

1.2

0.7

4.1

3.6

3.1

2.5

Mean high-school diploma gradeb (/100)

75.4

78.5

72.4

75.9%

75.4

78.4

Classical and Scientific Lyceum

76.0

79.1

71.6

76.9

  

75.9

79.1

Other Lyceum

74.1

77.5

75.5

74.3

74.2

77.4

Technical or vocational high school

74.5

77.5

72.4

75.8

74.4

77.4

Mean age at enrolment

20.5

20.1

21.2

20.9

24.6

25.3

20.6

20.3

Time-to-degree <  = 41 monthsd

20.2

19.6

20.4

20.7

23.8

25.8

20.2

19.7

Time-to-degree > 41 monthsd

19.9

19.7

20.2

20.6

24.9

25.2

19.9

19.9

Mean of the final grade (total)d

99.7

102.2

94.9

99.2

92.5

96.1

99.6

102.0

Time-to-degree <  = 41 months

104.1

105.4

99.8

103.4

94.4

101.3

103.9

105.4

Time-to-degree > 41 months

96.6

99.6

92.3

96.7

91.2

94.6

96.5

99.4

Mean follow-up time total (in months)

48.4

46.5

54.8

54.8

57.5

59.5

48.7

47.1

Time-to-degree <  = 75 months

45.7

44.5

47.9

46.7

48.6

50.1

45.8

44.7

drop-out <  = 75 months

20.7

19.7

19.2

24.3

23.8

23.1

20.7

19.9

transfer <  = 75 months

22.1

19.1

12.1

13.8

21.9

30.3

22.0

19.6

Enrolled students (N)

6557

7823

169

285

122

247

6848

8355

  1. Source Authors’ elaboration on administrative data of Sapienza University of Rome
  2. SGs second-generation students; ISs international students
  3. aNot applicable
  4. bComputed only for Italians and second generations
  5. cThe classification of the degree courses follows the academic organisation of Sapienza University
  6. dOut of all students who get a degree <  = 75 months