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Table 1 Educational distribution for ONS-LS members aged 20+ at the 1971–2011 censuses, according to our final educational variable, before applying adjustments at the aggregate level*, by sex

From: Enabling the examination of long-term mortality trends by educational level for England and Wales in a time-consistent and internationally comparable manner

Census

Low

(%)

Middle

(%)

High

(%)

Missing

(%)

Total

(N)

Males

     

1971

80.01

9.34

5.08

5.57

175,172

1981

87.76

4.41

7.81

0.02

182,585

1991

84.02

5.84

9.66

0.49

193,109

2001

63.13

17.17

18.70

0.99

194,105

2011

45.10

31.35

23.23

0.32

215,763

Females

     

1971

82.59

8.03

1.35

8.03

193,762

1981

91.64

4.82

3.53

0.00

200,524

1991

88.39

6.40

4.86

0.35

213,163

2001

69.48

15.82

13.40

1.30

214,110

2011

53.88

25.84

20.04

0.24

234,486

  1. Source data: ONS-LS
  2. *The proportional redistribution of missings at the aggregate level does not substantially alter the observed trends over time in the proportions, nor the observed sex differences and trends therein
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