Forecasting supply and demand in nursing professions: impacts of occupational flexibility and employment structure in Germany

Table 4 Occupational mobility by age cohort

Three-digit level of initial vocational qualification		Age 15 to 34 yrs			Age 35 to 49 yrs			Age 50 yrs and over
Three-digit level of initial vocational qualification		Mover out of OF 48	Stayer in OF 48	Number of cases	Mover out of OF 48	Stayer in OF 48	Number of cases	Mover out of OF 48	Stayer in OF 48	Number of cases
853	Formally trained^a nurses/midwives	7.5%	92.5%	1658	15.3%	84.7%	3214	20.9%	79.1%	1310
854	Formally trained auxiliary nurses	29.5%	70.5%	144	33.8%	66.2%	147	24.1%	75.9%	72
864	Formally trained geriatric nurses	10.8%	89.2%	444	13.3%	86.7%	831	13.8%	86.2%	348
-	All formally trained nursing professionals	9.5%	90.5%	2246	15.5%	84.5%	4192	19.6%	80.4%	1730
OF 48: health care professionals without license to practice medicine		18.1%	81.9%	5370	26.9%	73.1%	8434	30.0%	70.0%	3163

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