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Costs, culture and life decisions: analysing the factors that influence enrolment in master's level education in Germany
Author(s) -
Silvester Danielle,
Loibl Cäzilia,
Roosen Jutta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of consumer studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 1470-6423
DOI - 10.1111/ijcs.12087
Subject(s) - exploratory research , scale (ratio) , psychology , demographic economics , social psychology , sociology , actuarial science , economics , social science , geography , cartography
Through evaluation of current literature and survey data, this exploratory study aimed to determine factors that influence enrolment in master 's level education and attendant delay of life decisions. A total of 134 master 's students at a G erman university were surveyed. The mean age was 25 years and respondents were nearly equal parts G erman and non‐ G erman nationalities. Results show how cultural factors motivate enrolment in master's programmes and how enrolment influences the timing of other important life decisions. Respondents expected significant benefits to social status, job placement and income. While this small‐scale study does not include all decision factors and its findings are not fully generalizable, we hope it motivates further research in this area.