The share of girls and boys expecting to work in science-related occupations at age 30 indicates students’ interest in science careers at 15 years of age.
The definition of science-related occupations is based on four-digit ISCO-08 classification of occupations. Only professionals and technicians/associate professionals are considered to fit science-related career expectations, including four groups of jobs: science and engineering professionals; health professionals; ICT professionals; and science technicians and associate professionals (OECD, 2016).
The indicator monitors two levels: the share of those expecting to work in science-related occupations among boys and girls in general, and the share among top performers in science. The latter indicator refers to students who achieve a science test score at Level 5 or above and enables monitoring gender biases among students who have high science achievements.
Available flags:
| b | break in time series | c | confidential |
| d | definition differs, see metadata | e | estimated |
| f | forecast | i | see metadata |
| m | imputed | n | not significant |
| p | provisional | r | revised |
| s | Eurostat estimate | u | low reliability |
| x | dropped due to insufficient sample size | y | unreliable due to small sample size |
| z | not applicable |