White Working Class Males in British Higher Education
Figure 30 : Perceptions of HE - agreement with statements (% who agreed or strongly agreed ) by POLAR3 quintile ............................................................................................................ 32
Figure 31 : Positive and negative features of HE as identified by focus group participants ..................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Figure 32 : Categorisation of individual pros and cons identified by focus group participants ............................................................................................................................................ 34
Figure 33 : Types of support required to make informed decisions about HE identified by focus group participants ................................................................................................................... 42
Figure 34 : Proportion of respondents ( weighted ) indicating the age at which they felt sure they would apply to university ( UCAS , 2016 , p . 23 ). ................................................... 47
Figure 35 : What age were you when you felt sure that you would apply to university ? Entire survey population ( n : 678 ) ................................................................................................ 47
Figure 36 : What age were you when you felt sure that you would apply to university ? Traditional age ( 17-19 years old ) survey respondents ( n : 484 ) ...................................... 48
Figure 37 : What age were you when you felt sure that you would apply to university ? White , male , British , traditional age ( 17-19 years ), and first generation students ( n : 97 ) .............................................................................................................................................................. 49
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