Education and employment status of adults with autism spectrum disorders in Germany – a cross-sectional-survey

BMC Psychiatry

Table 5 Occupational skill level, overeducation and undereducation

skill level longest-practiced job^a		all	parity	undereducated	overeducated
1	n	16	4	–	12
1	%	10.4	25.0	–	75.0
2	n	78	56	7	15
2	%	50.6	71.8	9.0	19.2
3	n	21	6	8	7
3	%	13.6	28.6	38.1	33.3
4	n	39	30	9	–
4	%	25.3	76.9	23.1	–
column total	n	154	96	24	34
column total	%	100	62.3	15.6	22.1
skill level current job^b		all	parity	undereducated	overeducated
1	n	17	3	–	14
1	%	17.2	17.6	–	82.4
2	n	41	26	2	13
2	%	41.4	63.4	4.9	31.7
3	n	11	1	6	4
3	%	11.1	9.1	54.5	36.4
4	n	30	24	6	–
4	%	30.3	80.0	20.0	–
column total	n	99	54	14	31
column total	%	100	54.5	14.1	31.3

^aN = 154; missing data N = 9; excluded because of being in education and training N = 9, excluded because of stating the longest practiced occupation being a vocational orientation phase N = 1 or a so-called one-euro-job N = 1
^bN = 99; missing data N = 10; excluded because of being in education and training N = 8, excluded because of stating the present practiced occupation being retraining N = 1 or an internship N = 1

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