Investigating higher education graduates’ entrepreneurship in Greece

Figures & data

Table 1. Self-employment per specialty

Department/specialty	Self-employed graduates (%)
Nutrition and dietetics	41.8
Civil infrastructure engineering	35.2
Physiotherapy	26.2
Aesthetics and cosmetology	25.5
Plant production	21.0
Automation	18.2
Accounting	13.8
Food technology	12.0
Tourism management	12.0
Vehicle engineering	11.9
Electronics	9.5
Marketing	9.3
Farm management	5.9
Animal production	5.7
Informatics	5.4
Medical laboratories	5.0
Library science	4.0
Childhood care and education	3.8
Midwifery	2.0
Nursing	1.7
Total	12.8

Table 2. Self-employment per faculty

Faculty	Self-employed graduates (%)
Food and Nutrition	27.6
Engineering	15.0
Agriculture	12.4
Management and Economics	11.2
Health Sciences	9.4

Table 3. Financial support of enterprise

Source of financial support	%
Assistance from family funds	56.3
Backing from bank loan	16.8
Entrepreneurship support programmes	13.5
Support from other sources	13.4

Table 4. Variables affecting higher education graduates’ entrepreneurship

Significantly affecting variable	χ^2 value	P	Cramer's V
Gender	56.617	0.00	0.192
Specialty	226.49	0.00	0.221
Faculty	61.211	0.00	0.115
Postgraduate studies	10.935	0.09	0.060
Degree grade	15.241	0.018	0.071