Figure 5
The illustration displays a series of five stacked bar charts, each representing different categories of individuals based on their educational and income status at various ages. The horizontal axis in each chart is labeled with three age points: Age 16 on the left, Age 23 in the middle, and Age 30 on the right. The rectangular plot is divided into multiple horizontal colored lines of varying sizes and thickness, each representing an individual’s path over time from the age of 16 to 30. A legend box on the bottom right identifies the color categories: light green for “Apprenticeship,” dark gray for “General upper secondary,” peach for “Higher education,” light purple for “Low income,” yellow for “N E E T,” dark blue for “Normal income,” magenta for “Vocational upper secondary,” and brown for “Supplementary year.” In the first chart (1), titled “Short higher education 31 percent,” the vertical axis is labeled “7808 seq (n equals 7808), sorted,” with values from bottom to top as 1, 888, 2155, 3548, 4941, 6334, and 7727. At age 16, most of the bar is filled with gray, and some small magenta bars are also lying in the lower half portion. Moving to the right, the peach region covers a major area and is filled with some yellow, magenta, green, and purple bars. By age 23, the bar transitions with more blue, with some peach and green, and a small amount of magenta bars are shown. By age 30, the rightmost section of the bar shows a dominant presence of blue, with smaller sections of green and peach regions shown on the lower side. In the second chart (2), titled “Unstable, low-income 18 percent,” the vertical axis is labeled “4507 seq (n equals 4507), sorted,” with values from bottom to top as 1, 513, 1244, 2049, 2854, 3659, and 4464. At age 16, a large portion of the bar is filled with magenta, with some peach bars. Moving to the right, the magenta region becomes smaller and is surrounded by some peach, yellow, green, and purple bars. By age 23, the chart shows a shift, with blue, peach, yellow, green, and magenta bars. By age 30, the blue section has expanded significantly, though there are still a notable amount of magenta, peach, yellow, and green bars positioned on the upper side. In the third chart (3), titled “Long higher education 22 percent,” the vertical axis is labeled “5561 seq (n equals 5561), sorted,” with values from bottom to top as 1, 633, 1535, 2528, 3521, 4514, and 5507. At age 16, the bar shows a majority of individuals in gray filled with magenta bars on the lower side. Moving to the right, the peach region covers a major area and is filled with some yellow, magenta, green, and purple bars. By age 23, the peach region becomes more prominent with a few yellow, blue, and magenta bars. By age 30, the rightmost portion of the bar is filled with blue, mostly on the lower side, and contains peach, yellow, and green bars on the upper side. In the fourth chart (4), titled “V E T, apprenticeship, stable work 21 percent,” the vertical axis is labeled “5227 seq (n equals 5227), sorted,” with values from bottom to top as 1, 595, 1443, 2376, 3309, 4242, and 5175. At age 16, the bar shows a majority of individuals in magenta filled with some green and yellow bars on the lower side. Moving to the right, the green region covers a major area and is filled with some yellow, magenta, green, and purple bars. By age 23, the blue region becomes more prominent with a few yellow, blue, and magenta bars. By age 30, the rightmost portion of the bar is filled with blue, mostly on the upper side, and contains peach, yellow, and green bars on the lower side. In the fifth chart (5), labeled “Dropouts, N E E T, social welfare 8 percent,” the vertical axis is labeled “1897 seq (n equals 1897), sorted,” with values from bottom to top as 1, 217, 494, 771, 1079, 1418, and 1757. At age 16, the bar shows a majority of individuals in magenta, filled with some yellow and green bars on the lower side. Moving to the right, the yellow region covers a major area and is filled with some green, magenta, blue, and purple bars. By age 23, the yellow region becomes more prominent with a few green, blue, and magenta bars. By age 30, the rightmost portion of the bar is filled with yellow, mostly in the upper side, and contains peach, blue, and green bars in the lower side.Five cluster solution using LCS algorithm. Source: Figure created by authors