This study aims to compare and analyze the factors affecting the career maturity of specialized high school students and meister high school students using Korean Education Employment Panel II (KEEP II) data. To achieve this goal, we applied the 3-level multilevel model to estimate the school level variance among the overall variances on career maturity, and compared and analyzed factors that have an influence on career maturity according to individual, family, and school characteristics.
The results of the study are summarized as follows. First, the career maturity of the students at meister high schools was statistically significantly higher than the career maturity of specialized high school students. Second, the hierarchical analysis with interest variables showed significant effect on the process variables at the specific student level in both types of schools, such as employment guidance and career education satisfaction, and some differences were derived between the two schools.
Based on the results, we tried to clarify the problems of career education in specialized and meister high schools and provided a way to improve the effectiveness of career education policy.