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  Ageism and Ageing,Republic of Ireland - 2003

Year: 2003
Module: Background
Variable: HEDQUAL

Question: Highest educational qualification of respondent

Index to tables on this page

  1. % of men and women
  2. % of people of different ages

Overall Results %
No formal education1
Primary education20
Junior/inter cert/group cert27
Leaving certificate26
Diploma/certificate15
Primary degree or equivalent7
Postgraduate degree or equivalent4

Results for men and women
%
 MaleFemale
No formal education 1 1
Primary education 21 19
Junior/inter cert/group cert 31 23
Leaving certificate 24 28
Diploma/certificate 11 19
Primary degree or equivalent 8 7
Postgraduate degree or equivalent 5 4

Table Index

Results for people of different ages
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
No formal education 0 1 0 2 1 1
Primary education 3 8 11 19 40 50
Junior/inter cert/group cert 15 21 32 44 28 22
Leaving certificate 44 29 28 16 16 18
Diploma/certificate 22 24 18 11 9 3
Primary degree or equivalent 15 9 7 5 3 4
Postgraduate degree or equivalent 3 8 5 3 3 1

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