Table 3 Standardised coefficients in three-level probit regressions predicting uncertain career expectations with national environments, school contexts, and student background factors.

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

  

M1

M2

M3

M4

M5

M6

M7

M8

  

β

Pr

β

Pr

β

Pr

β

Pr

β

Pr

β

Pr

β

Pr

β

Pr

CNT level

Stability

 Uncertainty 2018

0.799c

0.79

0.821c

0.79

0.824c

0.80

0.810c

0.79

0.812c

0.79

0.814c

0.79

0.814c

0.79

  

National environment

 GDP

  

−0.010

0.50

0.018

0.51

0.033

0.51

0.021

0.51

0.026

0.51

0.026

0.51

0.139

0.56

 NEET

  

0.082

0.53

0.094a

0.54

0.083

0.53

0.072

0.53

0.082

0.53

0.082

0.53

−0.060

0.48

Pandemic influence

 Stringency

    

−0.002

0.50

−0.002

0.50

−0.002

0.50

−0.001

0.50

−0.001

0.50

−0.136

0.45

 Work-hour loss

    

0.087

0.53

0.077

0.53

0.079

0.53

0.079

0.53

0.079

0.53

0.026

0.51

R2 between cnt

0.639

0.643

0.655

0.647

0.649

0.649

0.649

0.079

SCH level

School context

 Sch achievement

−0.208c

0.42

−0.206c

0.42

−0.206c

0.42

−0.213c

0.42

−0.213c

0.42

−0.208c

0.42

−0.208c

0.42

−0.212c

0.42

 Sch SES

0.184c

0.57

0.176c

0.57

0.177c

0.57

0.183c

0.57

0.181c

0.57

0.175c

0.57

0.175c

0.57

0.187c

0.57

 Edu disruption

−0.154c

0.44

−0.150c

0.44

−0.151c

0.44

−0.156c

0.44

−0.157c

0.44

−0.157c

0.44

−0.157c

0.44

−0.157c

0.44

 Career guidance

−0.045c

0.48

−0.041c

0.48

−0.045c

0.48

−0.042c

0.48

−0.043c

0.48

−0.043c

0.48

−0.043c

0.48

0.044c

0.52

R2 between sch

0.047

0.046

0.047

0.049

0.049

0.048

0.048

0.049

STU level

Student background

 Female gender

−0.080c

0.47

−0.080c

0.47

−0.080c

0.47

−0.080c

0.47

−0.080c

0.47

−0.080c

0.47

−0.080c

0.47

−0.080c

0.47

 Achievement

−0.205c

0.42

−0.205c

0.42

−0.205c

0.42

−0.205c

0.42

−0.205c

0.42

−0.204c

0.42

−0.204c

0.42

−0.204c

0.42

 SES

−0.041c

0.48

−0.040c

0.48

−0.039c

0.48

−0.037c

0.48

−0.037c

0.48

−0.039c

0.48

−0.039c

0.48

−0.038c

0.48

 Preparation

−0.036c

0.49

−0.036c

0.49

−0.036c

0.49

−0.037c

0.49

−0.037c

0.49

−0.037c

0.49

−0.037c

0.49

−0.036c

0.49

 Self-efficacy

−0.029c

0.49

−0.028c

0.49

−0.028c

0.49

−0.028c

0.49

−0.028c

0.49

−0.028c

0.49

−0.028c

0.49

−0.029c

0.49

Interactions

 SES*GDP

      

0.012c

0.50

      

0.008c

0.50

 SES* NEET

        

−0.010c

0.50

    

−0.004

0.50

 Female* GDP

          

0.003a

0.50

  

0.006c

0.50

 Female*NEET

            

0.000

0.50

0.004

0.50

R2 within

0.066

0.066

0.066

0.066

0.066

0.065

0.065

0.066

  1. ap < 0.05; bp < 0.01; cp < 0.001.
  2. Pr predicted probability; GDP gross domestic product per capita, NEET Not in Education, Employment, or Training; SES socioeconomic status, CNT country, SCH school, STU student, Edu education.