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Table 2 Intercensal survivors’ stated educational attainment at the 2000 Census as a percentage of their self-classification at the 1990 Census, linked persons aged 60 and older by sex, Switzerland 1990 and 2000

From: On the plausibility of socioeconomic mortality estimates derived from linked data: a demographic approach

Educational attainment in 1990

Educational attainment in 2000 (in %)

 

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

No information

Total

Numbers

Men

 Secondary I

64

12

2

22

100

148,408

 Secondary II

17

67

7

9

100

290,615

 Tertiary

3

16

77

4

100

117,665

 No information

42

20

6

33

100

9728

Women

 Secondary I

70

9

1

20

100

397,971

 Secondary II

23

63

4

10

100

317,474

 Tertiary

10

30

53

7

100

35,262

 No information

53

13

2

32

100

23,207

  1. Source: SNC 1990–2000