Non-completion of upper secondary school among female and male young adults in an Arctic sociocultural context; the NAAHS study

Table 2 Demographic characteristics by upper secondary school completion and gender

		Upper secondary school completion N = 3987
		Female					Male
		Completion			Non-completion		Completion			Non-completion
	Total N (MV^a)	N	%	N	%	p-value	N	%	N	%	p-value
Upper secondary school	3981 (6)	1253	63.1	734	36.9		1265	63.4	729	36.6
Ethnicity/Gender	3639 (348)					^ns					^§
Sami	363	109	58.9	76	41.1		104	58.4	74	41.6
Non-Sami	3276	1034	62.9	610	37.1		1036	63.5	596	36.5
Religious group	3978 (9)					^§					^ns
Laestadian	253	55	55.6	44	44.4		97	63.0	57	37.0
Non-Laestadian	3725	1195	63.5	690	36.5		1168	63.5	672	36.5
Residency	3981 (6)					^ns					*
Nordland county	2103	664	64.3	369	35.7		694	64.9	376	35.1
Troms County	1307	420	62.6	251	37.4		410	64.5	226	35.5
Finnmark county	571	169	59.7	114	40.3		161	55.9	127	44.1
Parental socio-economic status	3413 (574)					^ns					^ns
Higher administrative position	461	143	60.6	93	39.4		147	65.3	78	34.7
Mediate administrative position	1374	448	65.5	236	34.5		438	63.5	252	36.5
Lower administrative position	965	327	62.8	194	37.2		287	64.6	157	35.4
Primary industry	168	49	60.5	32	39.5		47	54.0	40	46.0
Blue collar work	445	143	63.6	82	36.4		139	63.2	81	36.8
Educational characteristics	3927 (60)					^§					^ns
Reading and writing difficulties (RWD)	794	266	66.3	135	33.7		241	61.3	152	38.7
Non-reading and writing difficulties	3133	967	62.1	590	37.9		1008	64.0	568	36.0
Educational aspirations	3928 (59)					^ns					^ns
Educational aspiration higher level	865	309	65.5	163	34.5		266	67.7	127	32.3
Educational aspiration intermediate level	722	269	59.4	184	40.6		173	64.3	96	35.7
Educational aspiration lower level	1224	314	63.6	180	36.4		453	62.1	277	37.9
Educational aspiration undeceive	1117	349	63.6	200	36.4		351	61.8	217	38.2

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