Individual and Contextual Reasons for Drop-outs in Vocational Retraining

The study focusses on the explanation of the individual, process-driven, and institutional factors and their interplay, and on the subjective accounts for the high drop-out rates in vocational retraining which are reported by the German statutory pension insurance scheme. 454 participants of 2-year...

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Published in:	Die Rehabilitation Vol. 54; no. 3; p. 184
Main Authors:	Meschnig, A, Bartel, S, von Kardorff, E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	German
Published:	Germany 01-06-2015
Subjects:	Adult Attitude to Health Depression - epidemiology Depression - psychology Disabled Persons - psychology Disabled Persons - rehabilitation Female Germany - epidemiology Health Status Humans Interviews as Topic Male Middle Aged Motivation Patient Dropouts - psychology Patient Dropouts - statistics & numerical data Prevalence Rehabilitation, Vocational - psychology Rehabilitation, Vocational - utilization Social Support Germany
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Summary:	The study focusses on the explanation of the individual, process-driven, and institutional factors and their interplay, and on the subjective accounts for the high drop-out rates in vocational retraining which are reported by the German statutory pension insurance scheme. 454 participants of 2-year lasting vocational retraining schemes in 3 vocational promotion centers and 3 education providers took part in the questionnaire survey. Furthermore, experts, dropouts and participants were interviewed and group discussions with experts and participants were conducted. Drop-out is not a definite term. Instead, it consists of different dimensions. 3 personal factors for predicting a drop-out could be identified: suffering from depression, negative health assessment and lack of social support. Generally speaking, drop-out of vocational retraining is a complex and mainly situational process which can hardly be predicted by personal factors, job-biographies or foregoing unemployment.
ISSN:	1439-1309
DOI:	10.1055/s-0034-1394452