Table 3

Cell Growth without Simulated Dropouts

Years after School Entry6–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–13
Born June / Entry at 6−0.003−0.004−0.004−0.015−0.046−0.041−0.095
Born June / Entry at 7  0.022  0.006  0.012−0.032−0.108−0.193−0.149
Born July / Entry at 6  0.005−0.004−0.005−0.028−0.028−0.026−0.048
Born July / Entry at 7  0.015  0.011  0.000−0.031−0.107−0.141−0.113
Number of Cohorts2344432
  • Source: Student-level data of the statistics on general and vocational schools for the state of Hessen 2002/03 to 2006/07 provided by the Bureau of Statistics of the State of Hessen (Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt). Authors’ own calculations.

  • Note: Growth rates for the number of observations refer to four cells defined by birth month (June or July) and school-entry age (about age six or seven) observed in the Data Waves 6–13 years after school entry for school-entry cohorts 1993–98.