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DDI study level documentation for study 10.7802/2548 Replication material: »Should I stay or should I go?« Prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth in the transition to vocational education and training in Germany Replication material: »Should I stay or should I go?« Prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth in the transition to vocational education and training in Germany Replication material: »Should I stay or should I go?« Prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth in the transition to vocational education and training in Germany 10.7802/254810.7802/254810.7802/254810.7802/2548 Hoffmann, Linda Hoffmann, Linda Wicht, Alexandra Wicht, Alexandra GESIS Data Archive for the Social SciencesGESIS Datenarchiv für Sozialwissenschaften Spatial mobility is an important means of tackling regional disparities and matching problems in education and labor markets, but it is also a source of individual social inequality as it is associated with higher socio-economic resources and returns. However, there is a paucity of research on the prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth entering vocational education and training (VET). We examine the importance of (a) individual occupational orientations, (b) regional opportunity structures, and (c) social ties for the spatial mobility of youth in this early transition phase using longitudinal data from the German NEPS, which we combined with ad-ministrative geospatial data of German districts (NUTS-3). Our results show widespread spatial mobility among students entering the VET system: 16% are mobile within and 22% between regional labor markets. Multinomial logistic regression models show that, in addition to young people’s occupational orientations (status aspirations; search duration) and social ties to friends, regional opportunity structures (general unattractiveness; person-environment mismatch) are crucial for youths’ spatial mobility. This underscores the importance of spatial mobility given regional disparities to promote youths’ access to VET and reduce regional mismatches in the VET market.Spatial mobility is an important means of tackling regional disparities and matching problems in education and labor markets, but it is also a source of individual social inequality as it is associated with higher socio-economic resources and returns. However, there is a paucity of research on the prevalence and predictors of spatial mobility among youth entering vocational education and training (VET). We examine the importance of (a) individual occupational orientations, (b) regional opportunity structures, and (c) social ties for the spatial mobility of youth in this early transition phase using longitudinal data from the German NEPS, which we combined with ad-ministrative geospatial data of German districts (NUTS-3). Our results show widespread spatial mobility among students entering the VET system: 16% are mobile within and 22% between regional labor markets. Multinomial logistic regression models show that, in addition to young people’s occupational orientations (status aspirations; search duration) and social ties to friends, regional opportunity structures (general unattractiveness; person-environment mismatch) are crucial for youths’ spatial mobility. This underscores the importance of spatial mobility given regional disparities to promote youths’ access to VET and reduce regional mismatches in the VET market. DeutschlandDeutschland Schüler*innen, die nach Verlassen des allgemeinbildenden Schulsystems ihre erste vollqualifizierende Berufsausbildung begonnen haben, NEPS Startkohorte 4 Längsschnitt (Kohortenstudie/Ereignisbasiert)Längsschnitt (Kohortenstudie/Ereignisbasiert) Free access (with registration) - The research data can be downloaded by registered users.Freier Zugang (mit Registrierung) - Die Forschungsdaten können von allen registrierten Nutzerinnen und Nutzern heruntergeladen werden. http://dbkapps.gesis.org/dbkoai/oai.asp oai:dbk.gesis.org:SDN/10.7802_2548 2023-05-05 ddi:codebook:2_5