| 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 |