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Table 2 Proportion of subjects in each of the following educational categories by country

From: The contribution of educational inequalities to lifespan variation

 

Male

Female

 

Elementary1

Lower sec.

Upper sec.

Tertiary

Elementary1

Lower sec.

Upper sec.

Tertiary

Sweden

0.30

0.10

0.43

0.16

0.30

0.11

0.40

0.19

Norway

 

0.33

0.47

0.21

 

0.41

0.44

0.15

Finland

 

0.51

0.28

0.21

 

0.56

0.26

0.18

Belgium

0.44

0.18

0.21

0.16

0.53

0.16

0.18

0.13

Switzerland

 

0.22

0.55

0.23

 

0.44

0.49

0.06

France

0.47

0.06

0.35

0.12

0.57

0.09

0.24

0.09

Slovenia

0.20

0.19

0.49

0.12

0.24

0.35

0.32

0.08

Czech Rep.

0.12

0.50

0.24

0.13

0.32

0.33

0.27

0.07

Poland

0.28

0.34

0.27

0.11

0.38

0.18

0.35

0.10

Estonia

0.11

0.22

0.50

0.17

0.15

0.18

0.51

0.17

Lithuania

0.18

0.15

0.52

0.16

0.24

0.10

0.49

0.16

  1. 1The lowest two educational groups were combined in Norway, Finland, and Switzerland by the Eurothine team.
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