Table 6.

Impact of VET school characteristics on student dropout rates (n = 58)

	Crude			Adjusted e
	β estimate	95% CI	p-value	β estimate	95% CI	p-value
VET-level	−0.18	−0.27; − 0.10	0.00	−0.23	− 0.39; − 0.07	0.01
Geographical locationa	−3.38	−6.70; − 0.06	0.05	−6.22	−12.01; − 0.43	0.04
Danish ethnicity	− 0.24	−0,37; − 0.11	0.00	−0.20	− 0.39; − 0.01	0.04
School sizeb	0.00	0.00; 0.01	0.07	−0.00	−0.01; 0.00	0.45
Student agec	0.93	0.39; 1.47	0.00	−0.04	−1.09; 1.02	0.95
School typed
Food, agriculture and hospitality	−3.32	−8.28; 1.64	0.19	−2.55	−14.28; 9.18	0.66
Care, health, pedagogy	2.05	−1.62; 5.72	0.27	−9.59	−19.90; 0.73	0.07
Administration, commerce, business	−3.36	−6.95; 0.23	0.07	−4.30	−11.92; 3.33	0.26

^a Schools located in the western part of Denmark compared to Eastern reference schools

^b Number of students, who enrolled a basic program in 2017

^c Mean age of students at the school enrolled in 2017

^d Schools providing any of the three main subject areas ‘Food’, ‘Care’ or ‘Business’ compared to the reference group ‘Tech and comb.’

^e Adjusted for VET-level, geographical location, students’ ethnicity, school size, students’ age, school type and total health promotion capacity score based on managers’ scores