Daily lives of citizens in current societies have changed with the spread of digital technologies, online services, and digital communication. Alongside this, the information and communication technology (ICT) labor force is expected to grow massively over the next years, requiring increased number of applicants for digital education and sufficient digital skills from every labor market entrant. This study examines the digital abilities of Finnish upper secondary school students (N = 3206) and the students’ intentions to study/work in the ICT field in the future. The results highlight a dissonance between the growth expectations and the popularity of the ICT field among young Finns. The students’ future intentions are also strongly gendered; for about 9% of males, but only about 1% of females in secondary education are planning to apply in the ICT field in the future. The students’ ICT intentions were predicted most strongly by being a male and possessing strong technical abilities

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芬兰未来劳动力市场进入者的ICT意图和数字能力

随着数字技术，在线服务和数字通信的普及，当前社会中公民的日常生活发生了变化。除此之外，预计未来几年信息和通信技术（ICT）劳动力将大量增加，这需要增加数字教育的申请者数量以及每个劳动力市场进入者的足够数字技能。本研究考察了芬兰高中学生（N = 3206）的数字能力以及学生将来在ICT领域学习/工作的意愿。结果突显了年轻芬兰人的增长期望与ICT领域的普及之间的矛盾。学生的未来意图也很明显。大约9％的男性 但是，只有约1％的中等教育女性计划在将来申请ICT领域。男性和具有较强的技术能力是对学生信息通信技术意图的最强烈预测