The pandemic is particularly hard on students, as many part-time jobs are being lost due to the crisis.
A new study shows how the pandemic is affecting the number of dropouts.
Most of the students in Germany finance their studies in whole or in part through part-time jobs.
Jobs in gastronomy are particularly widespread among students, as there are many mini-jobs * waiting here.
However, in the corona lockdown, these earning opportunities are no longer available, so that money for rent and living expenses quickly becomes scarce.
But students also have to struggle with other challenges during the pandemic.
A new study shows how this affects the number of dropouts.
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Consequences of the Corona crisis for studies: Many students move back to their parents
In a survey of
over 28,000 students across Germany, the
Studitemps job platform worked out the job market and the financial situation of university students in the corona pandemic.
The result:
Fewer part-time jobs:
In the 2020 summer semester, student employment fell by around 16 percent compared to the 2019 summer semester (by 9.9 percentage points, from 63.1 percent with a part-time job to 53.2 percent).
This trend has probably intensified again since then.
Rent is rising drastically even in Corona: In
2019, students in Germany paid an average of 12.55 euros cold rent per square meter of living space.
By the summer semester 2020, this value increased by around 8 percent to 13.54 euros.
Every fourth student lives with their parents: in
2019 it was only 21.4 percent, an increase of more than 100,000 students who live with their parents.
Who still had a part-time job:
A higher proportion of students from academic households still had a part-time job in the 2020 summer semester - and on average, they receive more hourly wages than students from non-academic households.
Higher debt - fewer students are supported by parents:
If university students had a loan or credit, they received 12.8 percent more per month in 2020 than in 2019 (492 euros to 555 euros).
Students drew 13.16 percent more per month from savings (471 euros to 533 euros).
Overall,
fewer students received financial support from their parents' home
(60.2 percent versus 66.7 percent) - those who still received money from home received 6 percent more (433 euros to 460 euros).
"Overall
, the picture for students in Germany is very sobering,
" says Studitemps boss Eckhard Köhn, commenting on the study.
"Many have lost their part-time job, some parents can no longer support their children financially and, to top it all off, the price per square meter of the
basic
rent has risen - probably one
reason why almost one in four now lives with their parents
."
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Number of dropouts increased only slightly
But the study also brings positive things to light: The probability that students will drop out of their
studies
has increased only slightly
in the Corona crisis
- from 16.3 to 16.6 percent.
One reason for this could be that students remain flexible despite the crisis mode and switch to jobs in which workers are currently hunted down, such as in logistics or in the medical field.
“
Despite the difficult situation, the
students show
enormous stamina
and
hard
work,” says Köhn.
This is how the study was conducted
For the study, data from 2019 (survey September & October 2019) and 2020 (survey August & September 2020) were compared.
A total of 28,000 students from all over Germany took part in the survey.
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