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Table 6 The distribution of educational characteristics according to the eight pathways

From: Secondary school mathematics and entrance into the STEM professions: a longitudinal study

 

Eight pathways

 

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

  

7,025

865

 

415

 

9,120

17,425

% of SS

  

40.3%

5.0%

 

2.4%

 

52.3%

100%

Good

N

  

13,436

1,274

 

545

 

9,045

24,300

% of SS

  

55.3%

5.2%

 

2.2%

 

37.2%

100%

Intermediate

N

  

15,655

1,091

 

476

 

6,844

24,066

% of SS

  

65.1%

4.5%

 

2.0%

 

28.4%

100%

Low/fail

N

  

1,735

113

 

40

 

552

2,440

% of SS

  

71.1%

4.6%

 

1.6%

 

22.6%

100%

  1. As there is no information about science success for pathways that started in a non-STEM major in secondary school, these boxes are blank