Table 1. Demographic and academic variables by country.
| Country | PT | BR | MZ | UK | USA | FIN | SER | TW&MO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample Size | 1,067 | 424 | 413 | 314 | 316 | 356 | 409 | 762 |
| Age (Mean) | 22.9 | 23.3 | 26.3 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 26.2 | 22.0 | 22.3 |
| Age (Median) | 21.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 21.0 | 20.5 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 21.0 |
| Age (S.D.) | 6.7 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| Women (%) | 65.3 | 43.4 | 62.2 | 47.1 | 34.8 | 62.1 | 83.9 | 66.1 |
| Public School (%) | 90.3 | 85.1 | 97.3 | 86.0 | 81.0 | 94.4 | 96.3 | 79.8 |
| Human and Social Sciences (%) | 33.4 | 39.2 | 71.9 | 49.0 | 37.0 | 56.5 | 53.3 | 66.5 |
| Exact Sciences (%) | 29.6 | 38.7 | 11.4 | 36.0 | 50.0 | 32.3 | 20.8 | 22.0 |
| Biological Sciences (%) | 9.7 | 9.2 | 12.1 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 6.3 |
| Health Sciences (%) | 27.4 | 13.0 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 15.9 | 5.1 |
| Dropout Intention (Mean) | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Academic Performance (Mean) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 1st Year (%) | 17.7 | 13.6 | 39.5 | 26.3 | 20.1 | 15.6 | 21.3 | 21.9 |
| 2nd Year (%) | 18.6 | 18.1 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 29.4 | 15.6 | 21.8 | 18.4 |
| 3rd Year (%) | 21.9 | 20.3 | 8.7 | 14.1 | 36.3 | 20.8 | 23.3 | 28.4 |
| 4th Year (%) | 15.6 | 24.1 | 26.6 | 22.9 | 4.3 | 17.3 | 28.7 | 19.1 |
| 5th Year (%) | 7.0 | 19.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 28.3 | 1.3 | 5.2 |
| 6th Year (%) | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.7 |
| 7th Year (%) | 7.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 8th Year (%) | 6.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| 9th Year (%) | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 10th Year (%) | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Note: The number of years in this table reports the number of successful transitions from the first year of bachelors up to the doctorate. PT–Portugal; BR–Brazil; MZ–Mozambique; UK–The United Kingdom; USA–United States of America; FIN–Finland; SER–Serbia; TW&MO–Taiwan and Macao.