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. 2010 Mar 24;10:154. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-154

Table 2.

The association between selected factors and educational aspirations among adolescents from different educational tracks

All respondents Grammar schools (highest level) Specialised sec. schools Vocational schools (lowest level)
Age 1.11 (1.01-1.23) 1.27 (1.08-1.50)

Gender female 1 1
male 0.61 (0.50-0.76) 0.53 (0.37-0.75)

Father's education vocational or lower 1 1
secondary 1.57 (1.22-2.00) 2.09 (0.99-4.40)
university 3.75 (2.59-5.43) 2.99 (1.38-6.45)

Mother's education vocational, or lower 1 1 1
secondary 1.66 (1.28-2.15) 2.04 (1.37-3.03) 0.88 (0.60-1.29)
university 2.52 (1.69-3.77) 1.88 (1.07-3.30) 3.84 (1.68-8.77)

Father's unemployment employed 1
unemployed 0.64 (0.46-0.89)

Doubts about affordability of further study very often, often 1
sometimes 0.79 (0.53-1.18)
rarely 0.84 (0.57-1.25)
never 0.60 (0.42-0.86)

Perceived social support from mother

from father 0.95 (0.93-0.98) 0.93 (0.89-0.97) 0.90 (0.89-0.99)

from friends 1.08 (1.01-1.15)

School atmosphere bearable, bad 1
friendly 1.44 (1.15-1.80)

Do you like visiting school no 1 1 1 1
yes, a bit 1.43 (1.12-1.84) 2.38 (1.29-4.38) 1.68 (1.15-2.44) 1.54 (0.96-2.47)
yes 2.40 (1.73-3.23) 2.98 (1.25-7.09) 4.18 (2.48-7.05) 2.88 (1.68-4.93)

Sense of coherence manageability 1.07 (1.03-1.11) 1.10 (1.04-1.17)

meaningfulness 1.12 (1.02-1.23)

comprehensibility 1.07 (1.02-1.12)

Logistic regression, forward stepwise conditional, OR (95% CI) are presented

A higher score indicates less social support.