Educational trajectories of Russian schoolchildren after the 9th grade. Source: compiled by the author based on data of the 1st and 2nd waves of TrEC. Note: the sample comprises a total of 3,377 respondents. In the visual representation, green indicates flows where intentions in grade 9 aligned with the actual trajectory a year later. Individuals who ended up at a different level of education from their desired one are highlighted in red. The blue color represents the flow of students who were undecided about their future place of study at the time of the survey. SVE – secondary vocational education, and PVE – primary vocational education. The width of each flow is proportional to its quantitative size.