Table 4 Features used in the study
From: Students’ complex trajectories: exploring degree change and time to degree
# | Attribute | Period | Type | Values (frequency)/Mean (std. deviation) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gender | \(h_s\) | D | Female: 53.38% Male: 46.62% |
2 | High school type | \(h_s\) | PAD | Public: 66.8% Private: 27.67% Public and private: 5.04% Unknown: 0.49% |
3 | Education level of parent 1 | \(Y_p\) | D | Unknown: 55.93% Higher education—Bachelor’s degree: 12.29% Secondary education—Year 12 or equivalent: 10.04% Third stage of basic education—Year 9: 6.12% First stage of basic education—Year 4: 3.77% (...) |
4 | Education level of parent 2 | \(Y_p\) | D | Unknown: 55.34% Higher education—Bachelor’s degree: 15.77% Secondary education—Year 12 or equivalent: 8.52% Third stage of basic education—Year 9: 5.93% Master’s degree: 3.28% (...) |
5 | % of time working | \(Y_p\) | D | 0.01 (0.09) |
6 | % of time displaced | \(Y_p\) | D | 0.27 (0.44) |
7 | % of time with scholarship | \(Y_p\) | D | 0.09 (0.28) |
8 | Credits completed | \(Y_p\) | AD | 59.6 (30.78) |
9 | N. enrolments | \(Y_p\) | AD | 2.43 (0.8) |
10 | N. years enrolled at U.Porto | \(Y_p\) | AD | 2.34 (0.74) |
11 | N. prog. | \(Y_p\) | AD | 2.05 (0.23) |
12 | N. prog. with credits enrolled | \(Y_p\) | AD | 1.98 (0.25) |
13 | Credits completed + enrolled (\(i_c\)) | \(Y_p\) | AD | 57.81 (10.45) |
14 | N. years since first enrolment | \(Y_p\) | AD | 2.56 (1.1) |
15 | Previous prog. admission regime | \(Y_r\) | PAD | General contingent: 51.57% General regime: 47.06% Special contingents: Madeira: 0.59% Special contingents: Azores: 0.44% Special contingents: Portuguese and family emigrants: 0.15% (...) |
16 | Previous prog. application preference | \(Y_r\) | PAD | 1: 36.88% 2: 26.1% 3: 14.5% 4: 9.35% 5: 7.0% (...) |
17 | Previous prog. admission average | \(Y_r\) | PAD | 16.22 (1.71) |
18 | Previous prog. | \(Y_r\) | I | IM Elect and Comp Eng: 7.35% IM Dental Medicine: 6.27% IM in Mech Eng: 5.68% IM in Pharm Sciences: 5.53% IM in Civil Engineering: 5.0% (...) |
19 | Previous prog. degree | \(Y_r\) | I | IM: 57.79% B: 42.21% |
20 | Previous prog. faculty | \(Y_r\) | I | FEUP: 33.59% FCUP: 19.29% FLUP: 11.31% ICBAS: 6.42% FMDUP: 6.27% (...) |
21 | Working | \(i_c\) | D | no: 98.04% yes: 1.96% |
22 | Displaced | \(i_c\) | D | no: 72.48% yes: 27.52% |
23 | Scholarship | \(i_c\) | D | no: 89.86% yes: 10.14% |
24 | Age at change | \(i_c\) | D | 19.47 (1.51) |
25 | Final prog. admission regime | \(i_c\) | PAD | General regime: 26.15% General contingent: 25.37% Other course change: 12.39% Course Change 1st Year 1st Semester: 11.26% Change of course: 6.56% (...) |
26 | Final prog. faculty | \(i_c\) | I | FEUP: 24.93% FLUP: 17.29% ICBAS: 14.05% FCUP: 12.44% FEP: 7.35% (...) |
27 | Final prog. | \(i_c\) | I | IM in Medicine: 17.14% IM in Eng & Ind Mngt: 5.0% IM in Mech Engineering: 4.75% B in Comm Sci: J, PR, M: 4.36% IM in Informatics and Computing Engineering: 4.11% (...) |
28 | Final prog. degree | \(i_c\) | I | IM: 53.72% B: 46.28% |
29 | Final prog. duration | \(i_c\) | I | 4.33 (1.17) |
30 | Final programme TTD median | \(i_c\) | I | 4.48 (1.13) |