Figure A3
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 two age points: Age 16 on the left and Age 23 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 23. 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 “V E T, apprenticeship, stable work 23 percent,” the vertical axis is labeled “5764 seq (n equals 5764), sorted,” with values from bottom to top as 1, 656, 1591, 2620, 3649, 4678, and 5707. At age 16, most of the bar is filled with magenta, and some green and yellow bars are positioned in the lower portion. Moving to the right, the green region covers a major area and is filled with some magenta, yellow, green, peach, and purple bars. By age 23, the rightmost section of the bar shows a dominant presence of blue, with smaller sections of green, yellow, and peach regions shown on the lower side. In the second chart (2), titled “Short higher education 18 percent,” the vertical axis is labeled “4471 seq (n equals 4471), sorted,” with values from bottom to top as 1, 509, 1235, 2033, 2831, 3629, and 4427. At age 16, a large portion of the bar is filled with gray, with some peach, yellow, and magenta bars at the lower side. Moving to the right, the peach region becomes prominent and filled with some purple, yellow, blue, and green bars. By age 23, the blue section has expanded significantly, though there are still a notable number of magenta, peach, yellow, and purple bars positioned on the lower side. In the third chart (3), titled “Unstable, low-income 22 percent,” the vertical axis is labeled “3876 seq (n equals 3876), sorted,” with values from bottom to top as 1, 442, 1071, 1763, 2455, 3147, and 3839. At age 16, the bar shows a majority of individuals in magenta, filled with blue bars on the lower side. Moving to the right, the brown region covers a major area and is filled with some yellow, magenta, green, blue, and purple bars. By age 23, the rightmost portion of the bar is filled with purple and blue, mostly on the upper side, and contains peach, yellow, and green bars on the lower and middle sides. In the fourth chart (4), titled “Long higher education 36 percent,” the vertical axis is labeled “8897 seq (n equals 8997), sorted,” with values from bottom to top as 1, 1169, 2775, 4381, 5987, and 7593. At age 16, the bar shows a majority of individuals in gray, filled with some magenta and yellow bars on the lower side. Moving to the right, the peach region covers a major area and is filled with some yellow, blue, green, and purple bars. By age 23, the rightmost portion of the bar is filled with peach, mostly on the upper side, and contains purple, yellow, and blue bars on the lower side. In the fifth chart (5), labeled “Drop-outs, N E E T, social welfare 8 percent,” the vertical axis is labeled “1892 seq (n equals 1892), sorted,” with values from bottom to top as 1, 216, 493, 770, 1077, 1415, and 1753. At age 16, the bar shows a majority of individuals in magenta, filled with some yellow and gray bars. Moving to the right, the yellow region covers a major area and is filled with some green, magenta, and purple bars. By age 23, 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.For birth cohort 1994, 5-cluster solution using LCS-algorithm. Source: Figure created by authors