Journal of Population Sciences
Table 1 Descriptive statistics of Southern Italian graduates by migration behaviour (N = 11,192)
From: Privilege travels: migration and labour market outcomes of Southern Italian graduates
Covariate | Row percentages of total sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stayers | Migration study | Migration work | No | % | |
Gender | |||||
 Women | 52.1 | 30.9 | 17.0 | 6835 | 61.0 |
 Men | 47.0 | 33.9 | 19.1 | 4357 | 38.9 |
Parental education | |||||
 Both with higher education | 41.8 | 40.8 | 17.4 | 1305 | 11.7 |
 At least one with higher education | 48.1 | 35.6 | 16.1 | 2064 | 18.4 |
 At least one with high school | 49.2 | 32.0 | 18.8 | 4998 | 44.7 |
 Both with less than high school | 57.1 | 25.3 | 17.6 | 2825 | 25.2 |
Field of study | |||||
 Agriculture | 59.4 | 24.7 | 15.9 | 227 | 2.0 |
 Architecture | 62.0 | 26.3 | 11.7 | 769 | 7.0 |
 Chemistry/ pharmacy | 56.0 | 25.2 | 18.8 | 693 | 6.2 |
 Economics/statistics | 52.5 | 31.0 | 16.5 | 1413 | 12.6 |
 Sports science/ physical education | 50.8 | 41.5 | 7.7 | 130 | 1.2 |
 Biology/geography | 54.2 | 29.4 | 16.4 | 513 | 4.6 |
 Law | 59.3 | 28.9 | 11.8 | 1195 | 10.7 |
 Engineering | 37.1 | 34.5 | 28.4 | 1616 | 14.4 |
 Education | 56.0 | 12.6 | 31.4 | 751 | 6.7 |
 Literature | 45.6 | 37.6 | 16.8 | 636 | 5.6 |
 Linguistics | 44.3 | 35.7 | 20.0 | 512 | 4.5 |
 Medicine | 59.7 | 28.6 | 11.7 | 419 | 3.7 |
 Political science/ social science | 40.8 | 47.4 | 11.8 | 1242 | 11.1 |
 Psychology | 49.2 | 42.0 | 8.8 | 780 | 6.9 |
 Natural science/mathematics/physics | 48.0 | 17.6 | 34.4 | 296 | 2.8 |
Degree type | |||||
 5 and 6 years | 59.9 | 26.1 | 14.0 | 2687 | 24.2 |
 3 + 2 years | 47.6 | 35.0 | 17.4 | 8505 | 75.8 |
Grades university | |||||
 [66.100] | 46.7 | 39.2 | 14.0 | 1566 | 14.0 |
 [101.110] | 49.3 | 34.6 | 16.0 | 5037 | 45.0 |
 [110 cum laude] | 52.1 | 26.1 | 21.8 | 4589 | 41.0 |
High school | |||||
 Classical “Liceo” | 47.4 | 38.4 | 14.2 | 2238 | 20.0 |
 Scientific “Liceo” | 47.5 | 34.5 | 18.0 | 4813 | 42.6 |
 Other “Liceo” | 54.7 | 24.9 | 20.3 | 895 | 8.0 |
 Technical | 57.0 | 23.7 | 19.3 | 2686 | 24.3 |
 Vocational, other and foreign | 43.7 | 37.1 | 19.2 | 560 | 5.1 |
Mean high school grades (Std. Dev.) | 84.5 (15.4) | 86.6 (13.4) | 87.2 (14.6) | Â | Â |
Occupation | |||||
 Professional and managerial | 49.6 | 31.0 | 19.4 | 7051 | 62.7 |
 Others | 51.0 | 33.8 | 15.2 | 4141 | 37.3 |
Mean income (Std. Dev.) | 1112.9 (581.0) | 1327.6 (575.4) | 1431.0 (421.7) | Â | Â |
Total | 50.1 | 32.0 | 17.9 | 11,192 | Â |