Percent/mean (SD)

Structurally weak regions

Structurally strong regions

Total sample

Search time (ref. 0 - 4 months)

41.1

34.8

36.8

5 - 16 months

39.6

38.5

38.8

17 - 28 months

11.0

15.0

13.8

>28 months

8.3

11.7

10.6

Female

36.7

41.5

40.0

Native language not German

7.6

26.4

20.4

Educational level (ref. basic secondary educationa)

35.8

31.5

32.9

Secondary educationb

44.9

44.6

44.7

Higher secondary educationc

19.2

23.9

32.9

Vocational preparation completed

14.4

8.9

10.7

Cohort (ref. 1999)

17.1

11.6

13.3

2000

18.1

20.7

19.9

2001

19.0

14.3

15.8

2002

21.7

14.3

16.7

2003

8.4

17.4

14.6

2004

6.4

11.2

9.7

2005

6.0

6.8

6.5

2006

3.4

3.7

3.6

Raw supply of training places

98.4 (5.4)

97.8 (5.4)

98.0 (5.4)

Relative supply of training places

0.98 (0.07)

1.00 (0.08)

0.99 (0.07)

Distance (ref. home district + 75 km)

3.9

6.2

5.5

>75 - 150 km

9.0

13.2

11.9

>150 - 225 km

13.4

17.8

16.4

>225 - 300 km

16.3

18.0

17.4

>300 - 375 km

18.5

15.6

16.5

>375 - 450 km

16.8

12.8

14.1

>450 - 525 km

11.2

10.0

10.3

>525 km

10.8

6.6

7.9

Commuting flows (ref.: >1%, incl. home district)

2.6

2.8

2.7

≤1%, >0.5%

1.1

1.2

1.1

≤0.5%, >0.2%

3.3

3.2

3.2

≤0.2%, >0.1%

5.9

4.9

5.2

≤0.1%, >0.05%

8.1

6.1

6.8

≤0.05%, >0%

5.2

5.5

5.4

0%

73.9

76.4

75.6

N (person-months units)

890

1909

2799