From: Secondary school mathematics and entrance into the STEM professions: a longitudinal study
 | Eight pathways |  | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | |||
Math level (ML) | Advanced | N | 4,086 | 230 | 21,500 | 3,030 | 120 | 1,574 | 1,372 | 33,300 | 65,212 |
% of ML | 6.3% | 0.4% | 33.0% | 4.6% | 0.2% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 51.1% | 100% | ||
Standard | N | 22,468 | 894 | 33,490 | 2,848 | 310 | 1,080 | 3,530 | 15,358 | 79,978 | |
% of ML | 28.1% | 1.1% | 41.9% | 3.6% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 4.4% | 19.2% | 100% | ||
Elementary | N | 55,326 | 1,334 | 20,432 | 938 | 580 | 374 | 4,250 | 4,062 | 87,296 | |
% of ML | 63.4% | 1.5% | 23.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 100% | ||
Math success (MS) | Excellent | N | 11,573 | 282 | 12,051 | 1,226 | 124 | 556 | 1,163 | 11,421 | 38,396 |
% of MS | 30.1% | 0.7% | 31.4% | 3.2% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 3.0% | 29.7% | 100% | ||
Good | N | 11,174 | 331 | 11,106 | 1,052 | 136 | 454 | 1,130 | 7,485 | 32,868 | |
% of MS | 34.0% | 1.0% | 33.8% | 3.2% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 3.4% | 22.8% | 100.0% | ||
Intermediate | N | 12,849 | 371 | 11,224 | 857 | 149 | 363 | 1,286 | 5,472 | 32,571 | |
% of MS | 39.4% | 1.1% | 34.5% | 2.6% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 3.9% | 16.8% | 100.0% | ||
Low/fail | N | 4,820 | 121 | 2,743 | 165 | 51 | 81 | 449 | 993 | 9,423 | |
% of MS | 51.2% | 1.3% | 29.1% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 4.8% | 10.5% | 100.0% | ||
Science success (SS) | Excellent | N | Â | Â | 7,025 | 865 | Â | 415 | Â | 9,120 | 17,425 |
% of SS | Â | Â | 40.3% | 5.0% | Â | 2.4% | Â | 52.3% | 100% | ||
Good | N | Â | Â | 13,436 | 1,274 | Â | 545 | Â | 9,045 | 24,300 | |
% of SS | Â | Â | 55.3% | 5.2% | Â | 2.2% | Â | 37.2% | 100% | ||
Intermediate | N | Â | Â | 15,655 | 1,091 | Â | 476 | Â | 6,844 | 24,066 | |
% of SS | Â | Â | 65.1% | 4.5% | Â | 2.0% | Â | 28.4% | 100% | ||
Low/fail | N | Â | Â | 1,735 | 113 | Â | 40 | Â | 552 | 2,440 | |
% of SS | Â | Â | 71.1% | 4.6% | Â | 1.6% | Â | 22.6% | 100% |