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are more likely to enroll in universities and plan to study abroad (Šćukanec et al.,

2016).

Students whose parents have primary and secondary education are significantly
more likely to rate their financial difficulties as very serious or more serious than

students whose parents have higher education (Šćukanec et al., 2016).

Students from families with a lower socioeconomic status:

Košutić et al. (2015) discovered that one-third of students cited a lack of financial

resources as a reason for not continuing their education.

Students from families with a lower socioeconomic status often have full-time
jobs, and those with full-time jobs perceive their study obligations’ intensity to be

lower compared to students who do not work (Šćukanec et al., 2016).

Students who work during their studies:

Students who work full-time have less time for study commitments than students
who do not work (Šćukanec et al., 2016).

Female students in technical fields; male students in humanistic fields:

According to Jugović (2015), gender stereotypes about professions and fields of
study are an important factor in choosing a field of study: the belief that one's
gender indicates a lower level of talent for a particular profession or field of study

is associated with a lower likelihood of choosing that field of study. Therefore,
male students are the clear majority in technical sciences (70 %), while female
students are the clear majority in humanities and social sciences (74 %) and

medicine and healthcare (71 %) (Šćukanec et al., 2016). This, consequently,

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