Table 1

Descriptive statistics, pooled sample and by wave

Pooled sampleWave 2011Wave 2014Wave 2017
% Of total sample33%34%34%40%
Means.dMeans.dMeans.dMeans.d
Employed0.890.320.890.310.870.340.900.30
Permanent contract0.530.500.580.490.510.500.510.50
Specific university degree required0.620.480.650.480.610.490.620.49
Full-time student0.350.480.330.470.340.470.390.49
Part-time job – related to the field of study0.290.450.280.450.320.470.250.44
Part-time job – not related to the field of study0.210.400.170.370.200.400.250.43
Full-time job – related to the field of study0.120.320.170.370.100.310.080.27
Full-time job – not related to the field of study0.040.190.050.220.030.180.030.18
Male0.400.490.390.490.400.490.420.49
Age28.422.2528.602.2628.422.3128.242.15
Highest parental education = primary or less0.290.460.340.470.310.460.240.43
Highest parental education = secondary0.310.460.310.460.300.460.310.46
Highest parental education = tertiary0.400.490.350.480.390.490.450.50
Field of study = humanities0.040.200.050.220.040.190.040.20
Field of study = language0.050.210.050.220.040.200.050.21
Field of study = art0.010.110.010.090.010.080.020.14
Field of study = business and economics0.130.340.120.330.140.350.130.34
Field of study = law, sociology and political sciences0.110.320.120.320.100.300.120.33
Field of study = communication and journalism0.050.210.050.220.050.220.040.20
Field of study = education0.120.320.110.320.130.340.110.31
Field of study = social work0.030.180.030.170.040.190.030.17
Field of study = biology, geology and environmental sciences0.070.250.060.240.070.250.070.25
Field of study = chemistry, physics, maths and statistics0.040.190.050.210.040.190.030.18
Field of study = health (excluding medicine)0.040.180.030.170.040.190.040.19
Field of study = psychology and related degrees0.040.200.030.170.030.180.060.23
Field of study = pharmacy, biomedicine and veterinary0.030.170.020.150.020.150.040.20
Field of study = architecture and construction0.050.210.050.210.040.210.050.22
Field of study = industrial, chemical and electronic engineering0.090.290.090.290.090.280.090.29
Field of study = telecommunication and informatics0.080.270.100.300.090.280.050.23
Field of study = agricultural engineering and related0.020.150.030.160.030.170.010.12
Number of observations24,7048,0328,2988,374

Note(s): Age refers to the survey year; descriptive statistics about the university of graduation are not reported in the table to accomplish with the rules of the contract for data transfer

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