Table 1 Background characteristics and rate of non-completion of upper secondary school (n = 10931)
Boys (5511) | Girls (5420) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Proportion of population | Non-completion rate percentage | Proportion of population | Non-completion rate percentage | |
Sample dropout rate | 50.4 | 38.9 | 49.6 | 25.8 |
General tracks | 47.2 | 19.4 | 59.0 | 12.6 |
Vocational traks | 52.8 | 53.8 | 41.0 | 38.8 |
Sociodemographic factors | ||||
Ethnic backgrounda | (n = 5511) | (n = 5419) | ||
Ethnic Norwegian | 90.0 | 37.3 | 90.2 | 24.9 |
1st-generation immigrants | 6.4 | 57.5 | 6.4 | 37.9 |
2st-generation immigrants | 3.6 | 45.0 | 3.4 | 25.1 |
County of residence in Norway | (n = 5511) | (n = 5420) | ||
Oslo | 31.8 | 33.8 | 31.3 | 21.4 |
Hedmark | 16.2 | 43.1 | 16.5 | 25.0 |
Oppland | 16.2 | 32.8 | 15.9 | 22.0 |
Nordland | 19.4 | 41.8 | 19.1 | 32.0 |
Troms | 11.1 | 44.1 | 12.5 | 28.2 |
Finnmark | 5.2 | 53.3 | 5.2 | 37.0 |
Family factors | ||||
Parents’ education at age 16 | (n = 5438) | (n = 5367) | ||
Compulsory | 13.6 | 62.6 | 13.4 | 46.2 |
Intermediate | 44.0 | 44.7 | 44.5 | 30.8 |
Tertiary | 30.8 | 28.3 | 29.8 | 15.4 |
Tertiary more than 4 years | 11.6 | 14.9 | 12.3 | 8.8 |
Fathers’ income at age 16 | (n = 5291) | (n = 5112) | ||
Low | 34.3 | 50.2 | 32.6 | 33.8 |
Medium | 34.6 | 35.8 | 35.9 | 24.9 |
High | 31.1 | 26.3 | 31.5 | 15.5 |
Mothers’ income at age 16 | (n = 5412) | (n = 5334) | ||
Low | 32.1 | 45.5 | 32.6 | 31.7 |
Medium | 34.3 | 40.1 | 34.6 | 27.8 |
High | 33.6 | 30.2 | 33.1 | 17.0 |
Parents’ marital status/who do you live with | (n = 5395) | (n = 5369) | ||
Mum and dad married/cohabiting | 67.5 | 33.0 | 66.5 | 19.5 |
Mum or dad or other | 32.5 | 49.3 | 33.5 | 37.7 |