Youth Training - Statistical Profile 1999 to 2008

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This report provides participation and labour market outcome analysis of the Youth Training programme between 1999 and 2008, using the Youth Training administrative dataset. This is the first time this information has been made available in a single analysis.

The report provides analyses of participation in the programme, and provides statistical modelling of the factors related to transition to Youth Training from school, and the factors associated with labour market outcomes two months after leaving placements.

Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Senior Research Analyst, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting Division [Ministry of Education]

Date Published: February 2010

7. Credit attainment

7.1 Credit attainment per placement

Table 34 shows the number of credits attained by each learner per placement by placement start year. Learners attained 20 or fewer credits in around 72 percent of placements in 2008, down from 76 percent in 1999. The proportion of learners attaining no credits in each placement has increased to 38 percent in 2008.

**Table 34 – Youth Training learner credit attainment each placement by placement start year**
Source: Tertiary Education Commission.
Credit category	1999 (%)	2000 (%)	2001 (%)	2002 (%)	2003 (%)	2004 (%)	2005 (%)	2006 (%)	2007 (%)	2008 (%)
None	35.7	31.5	31.3	33.6	32.9	34.6	35.6	29.2	38.5	38.2
1 to 5	13.5	12.3	12.2	11.6	10.9	11.1	12.0	11.7	11.5	11.3
6 to 10	11.4	11.4	11.0	10.3	10.6	10.4	10.8	10.9	10.2	9.9
11 to 15	8.8	8.0	8.2	7.8	7.6	8.0	8.0	8.1	7.5	7.0
16 to 20	6.8	6.8	6.5	6.5	6.1	6.3	6.0	6.5	5.6	6.0
21 to 30	9.3	10.6	10.7	9.7	9.6	8.3	8.8	10.0	8.2	8.2
31 or more	14.5	19.3	20.1	20.4	22.2	21.3	18.9	23.7	18.5	19.5

7.2 Average credit attainment per placement

Table 35 shows the average total number of credits attained per learner per placement by placement start year. The average number of credits attained across all learners for all years is 8.9 credits per placement. European and Pasifika learners consistently attain more credits than Māori while females earn more credits than males. Learners in other ethnic groups consistently gain the most credits of all groups.

**Table 35 – Youth Training learner average credit attainment each placement by placement start year**
Source: Tertiary Education Commission.
Ethnicity and gender	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
European	6.4	8.1	8.5	9.4	11.0	11.1	10.1	11.4	12.0	10.5
Māori	5.1	6.7	7.0	8.1	8.2	8.4	8.2	10.4	8.7	8.3
Pasifika	6.0	8.8	9.3	10.4	10.6	11.1	9.1	10.1	7.7	9.0
Others	12.4	16.2	17.5	15.7	17.4	19.4	13.6	19.1	14.5	18.5
Females	6.9	8.7	9.1	10.4	11.6	11.8	10.3	12.4	11.3	10.8
Males	5.0	6.9	7.3	8.1	8.5	8.6	8.2	9.9	9.0	8.4
Total	5.9	7.7	8.1	9.1	9.9	10.0	9.1	11.0	10.0	9.5

7.3 Average credit attainment per year

Table 36 shows the average total number of credits attained per learner in each year. The average credits attained for all learners across all years is 21.1 credits per learner per year. The rate of attainment peaked in 2000 and in 2006 at 23 credits per learner per year, but has fallen to 19.1 in 2008.

The rate of attainment for Māori and Pasifika learners is consistently lower than for European learners while females attain more credits on average per year than do males.

**Table 36 – Youth Training learner average credit attainment by year**
Source: Tertiary Education Commission.
Ethnicity and gender	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
European	20.7	24.5	24.0	23.2	24.3	23.3	21.3	24.5	22.4	20.6
Māori	18.0	21.5	21.0	20.4	19.9	19.5	18.7	22.9	17.6	17.5
Pasifika	16.6	23.0	20.6	21.5	21.8	19.5	18.6	20.1	16.3	19.4
Others	18.3	24.1	22.5	22.2	23.6	24.7	17.5	23.5	17.9	22.7
Females	20.4	24.8	24.2	23.3	24.5	23.2	21.4	25.2	21.0	20.9
Males	17.7	21.5	20.7	20.4	20.0	19.6	18.2	21.7	18.0	17.5
Total	18.9	22.9	22.2	21.7	21.9	21.1	19.7	23.3	19.4	19.1

7.4 Average credit per learner

Table 37 shows the average total number of credits attained per learner by the first placement year of each learner. The average number of credits attained for each learner has increased from 26 credits for learners starting for the first time in 1999 to 33 for those starting for the first time in 2006.²⁴ Māori and Pasifika learners consistently earn fewer credits on average than European learners while females attain more credits on average than males.

**Table 37 – Youth Training learner average credit attainment across all years recorded by first placement year**
Source: Tertiary Education Commission.
Ethnicity and gender	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
European	28.2	32.8	33.9	34.6	36.5	35.6	32.2	35.2
Māori	25.5	30.8	32.1	31.0	30.7	30.3	28.5	31.6
Pasifika	22.3	29.8	29.2	31.3	34.4	28.4	26.4	29.8
Other	25.1	31.8	33.4	30.3	36.2	32.9	30.5	30.6
Females	28.1	33.8	35.8	35.2	37.2	35.3	31.9	35.7
Males	24.7	29.7	30.2	30.4	31.0	29.8	28.0	30.3
Total	26.2	31.5	32.6	32.5	33.6	32.2	29.8	32.8

Footnote

Assuming learners participate in consecutive early blocks, and based on average duration, 2007 and 2008 first starters would still be earning credits in 2009 and 2010 respectively.

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