White Working Class Males in British Higher Education
Figure 34 : Proportion of respondents ( weighted ) indicating the age at which they felt sure they would apply to university ( UCAS , 2016 , p . 23 ).
Within the survey conducted for the post-entry research project , the same question that was utilised for the UCAS ( 2016 ) report was asked of all respondents : ‘ What age were you when you felt sure that you would apply to university ?’ The only adjustment made was an additional age category was included ( 20 or older ) to account for the mature students who are first year undergraduates at the University of Portsmouth . The figure below represents the responses of all survey participants ( n : 678 ). While the UCAS ( 2016 ) report indicated that , on average , 43 percent of students from all neighbourhoods indicated that they became certain about their higher education plans when they were 16-19 years old , 51 percent of the survey respondents for this study selected 16-19 years old as their response and only 11 percent selected age 10 or younger .
47
Figure 35 : What age were you when you felt sure that you would apply to university ? Entire survey population ( n : 678 )