Young, successful, precarious? Precariousness at the entry stage of employment careers in Germany

Figures & data

Figure 1. Status proportion plots of young people’s employment trajectories and household trajectories. Source: SOEPlong 1993–2012; own calculations.

Note: (M) represents male clusters and (F) female clusters.

Table 1. Cluster descriptions of the individual and household trajectories.

	Dropout		Quick Transition		Express
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
N (relative) in %	18	15	32	22	11	17
Age in first year of observation (Std. Dev.)	21.8	20.9	22.3	21.7	22.8	22.6
	(2.5)	(2.7)	(2.2)	(2.5)	(2.2)	(1.6)
Episodes in parental household in %	49	33	42	33	36	18
Integration	0.55	0.5	0.88	0.83	0.96	0.94
Volatility	0.58	0.7	0.93	0.93	0.96	0.98
Average number of years in precarious employment	4.7	3	0.9	1.1	7.8	0.4
Average number of years in precarious households	6.4	7.5	3	1.9	1.1	0.9
Magnitude prestige score in last year of observation (Std. Dev)	42 (16)	59 (23)	77 (27)	71 (25)	43 (11)	73 (21)
	Return		Slow Transition		Family
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
N (relative) in %	8	15	16	18	16	13
Age in first year of observation (Std. Dev.)	21.3	21	20.2	20.6	22.8	22.9
	(2.8)	(2.6)	(2.2)	(2.5)	(2.5)	(2.3)
Episodes in parental household in %	63	26	70	41	44	15
Integration	0.76	0.78	0.67	0.49	0.96	0.63
Volatility	0.87	0.94	0.78	0.76	0.96	0.92
Average number of years in precarious employment	3.4	3.2	2.7	1.8	2.4	2.6
Average number of years in precarious households	1.2	2.9	5.3	3.5	3.8	1.1
Magnitude prestige score in last year of observation (Std. Dev)	58 (25)	56 (18)	81 (34)	79 (36)	48 (21)	61 (17)

Source: SOEPlong 1993-2012; own calculations.

Figure 2. The association between young people’s integration and precarious employment. Source: SOEPlong 1993-2012; own calculations.

Note: (M) stands for male clusters and (F) for female clusters.

Figure 3. The association between young people’s integration and volatility. Source: SOEPlong 1993-2012; own calculations.

Note: (M) stands for male clusters and (F) for female clusters.

Figure 4. The association between young people's volatility and average years in precarious parental householdsSource: SOEPlong 1993-2012; own calculations.

Note: (M) stands for male clusters and (F) for female clusters.