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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Distribution of students in the two cohorts according to key characteristics (row %)

From: Analysing the determinants of Italian university student mobility pathways

Variables

Stayer I & II

Mover I & Stayer II

Stayer I & Mover II

Mover I & II—SR

Mover I & II—DR

N

Macro-area res. cohort 2011*

 Centre

77.8

0.8

11.8

7.8

1.6

14,130

 Islands

48.8

0.7

26.2

19.4

4.9

6022

 North

85.5

0.9

7.8

4.9

0.9

29,564

 South

55.4

0.9

15.7

22.4

5.5

18,470

Gender

 Female

72.2

1.1

12.7

11.2

2.9

38,467

 Male

73.0

0.6

12.0

12.0

2.4

29,719

High school

 LYCEUM Hum

64.3

1.0

15.6

15.5

3.6

11,486

 LYCEUM Scient.

72.4

0.8

12.4

12.0

2.5

34,071

 Other

76.9

1.0

10.8

8.9

2.4

22,629

Scient. macro-area 1st

 Scientific

75.0

0.6

10.8

11.4

2.1

27,754

 Social

69.8

1.0

13.7

12.5

3.0

26,514

 Humanistic

72.7

1.1

13.2

9.9

3.1

13,918

Scient. macro-area 2nd

 Scientific

75.0

0.6

10.7

11.6

2.1

27,171

 Social

70.4

1.1

13.5

11.9

3.2

30,371

 Humanistic

72.3

1.0

13.6

10.4

2.7

10,644

 Total (%)

72.5

0.9

12.4

11.5

2.7

68,186

 Total#

49447

603

8454

7873

1809

68,186

High school grade

 Mean

82.2

80.9

82.8

85.7

82.7

 

 SD

11.7

11.3

11.5

11.7

11.4

 

Bachelor’s degree grade

 Mean

100.3

99.6

102.1

99.7

100.0

 

 SD

7.8

8.4

7.2

8.3

7.9

 

Macro-area res. cohort 2014*

 Centre

73.2

1.1

14.3

9.4

2.0

13,391

 Islands

46.4

0.8

24.4

23.0

5.4

5755

North

83.6

1.2

8.4

5.6

1.2

29,775

 South

52.6

0.8

17.7

22.5

6.5

16,239

Gender

 Female

69.8

1.3

13.7

11.7

3.5

36,563

 Male

71.3

0.7

12.9

12.6

2.5

28,597

High school

LYCEUM Hum

61.4

1.3

15.7

17.0

4.5

10,335

LYCEUM Scient

69.6

0.8

13.4

13.3

2.9

31,451

 Other

75.6

1.2

12.2

8.3

2.6

23,374

Scient. macro-area 1st

      

 Scientific

72.9

0.6

11.9

12.4

2.2

26,430

 Social

67.8

1.2

14.6

12.7

3.7

24,653

 Humanistic

70.5

1.4

13.9

10.6

3.6

14,077

Scient. macro-area 2nd

 Scientific

72.9

0.6

11.9

12.4

2.2

25,870

 Social

68.5

1.3

14.4

12.1

3.8

28,994

 Humanistic

69.9

1.3

14.2

11.3

3.3

10,296

 Total (%)

70.5

1.0

13.3

12.1

3.1

100.0

 Total #

45,920

662

8693

7891

1994

65,160

High school grade

 Mean

82.9

82.1

83.6

86.9

84.2

 

 SD

11.3

11.1

11.0

11.2

11.2

 

Bachelor’s degree grade

      

 Mean

101.6

101.3

103.4

101.6

101.8

 

 SD

7.5

7.7

6.7

7.7

7.3

 
  1. The table considers only the subset of students of 2011 and 2014 cohorts observed for 6 years from their enrolment to the bachelor’s degree programme.
  2. Conditional probabilities expressed (%)