Table 1 Correlations and descriptive statistics of uncertain career expectations, national environments, school contexts, and student background factors.

From: Unsettled horizon: adolescents’ career expectations in the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous contexts

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Mean

S.D.

1. Uncertain2018

             

22.86

9.2

2. GDP

0.29

            

4.55

0.3

3. NEET

−0.31

−0.72

           

14.04

6.87

4. Stringency

−0.21

−0.06

0.08

          

22.53

11.54

5. Work-hour loss

−0.16

−0.20

0.06

0.08

         

0.3

3.54

6. Sch achievement

0.18

0.55

−0.54

−0.07

−0.14

        

443.13

74.06

7. Sch SES

0.24

0.61

−0.50

−0.15

−0.13

0.73

       

−0.32

0.76

8. Edu disruption

−0.06

−0.10

0.16

0.03

0.05

0.04

0.04

      

3.5

0.59

9. Career guidance

−0.06

0.08

−0.10

0.05

0.10

0.07

0.08

−0.05

     

0.85

0.36

10. Gender

0.00

−0.02

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.04

0.01

0.03

0.00

    

0.5

0.5

11. SES

0.16

0.41

−0.34

−0.10

−0.09

0.49

0.67

0.03

0.05

−0.02

   

−0.32

1.13

12. Achievement

0.13

0.42

−0.41

−0.05

−0.11

0.76

0.55

0.03

0.05

0.04

0.47

  

443.13

97.56

13. Preparation

0.03

0.08

−0.08

−0.04

0.01

0.11

0.14

−0.01

0.01

−0.05

0.16

0.14

 

2.65

0.88

14. Self-efficacy

−0.01

0.05

−0.03

−0.02

0.01

0.10

0.12

0.06

0.01

0.02

0.15

0.15

0.39

−0.04

0.99

15. Uncertain2022

0.16

−0.03

0.04

−0.03

0.00

−0.13

−0.06

−0.05

−0.03

−0.07

−0.07

−0.17

−0.05

−0.07

  
  1. S.D. standard deviation, Uncertain uncertain career expectations, GDP gross domestic product per capita, NEET not in education, employment, or training, Sch school, Edu education, SES socioeconomic status.