Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the trainee cohort.
| Female 309 (79%) |
Male 82 (21%) |
Total 391 (100%) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years (baseline) | ||||
| (SD) | 21.2 (5.4) | 21.0 (3.8) | 21.2 (5.1) | 0.328 1 |
| Range | 16–53 | 13–36 | 16–53 | |
| Nationality | ||||
| German | 290 (79%) | 76 (21%) | 366 (95%) | 0.934 2 |
| Other | 16 (80%) | 4 (20%) | 20 (5%) | |
| n missing | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| School leaving exam | ||||
| Lower secondary school (Hauptschule) | 13 (62%) | 8 (38%) | 21 (5%) | 0.069 2 |
| Higher secondary school (Realschule) | 150 (82%) | 32 (18%) | 182 (47%) | |
| Vocational training college (Fachhochschule) | 62 (83%) | 13 (17%) | 75 (19%) | |
| A-Levels (Abitur) | 84 (74%) | 29 (26%) | 113 (29%) | |
| Branch | ||||
| Office | 76 (63%) | 45 (37%) | 121 (31%) | <0.001 2 |
| Retail | 21 (70%) | 9 (30%) | 30 (8%) | |
| Education | 43 (92%) | 4 (8%) | 47 (12%) | |
| Nursing/Medical assistants | 158 (95%) | 9 (5%) | 167 (42%) | |
| Engineering | 0 (0%) | 14 (100%) | 14 (4%) | |
| Hairdressers | 11 (95%) | 1 (8%) | 12 (3%) | |
| Federal State/Vocational training college | ||||
| Lower Saxony | 238 (80%) | 59 (20%) | 297 (76%) | 0.275 2 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 14 (87%) | 2 (13%) | 16 (4%) | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 57 (73%) | 21 (27%) | 78 (20%) | |
| Bremen | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
1 Mann–Whitney U Test. 2 Pearson’s Chi2 Test.