Are Young People Attaining Higher Levels of Education than their Parents?
Between 2000 and 2012, the proportion of young adults (25-34 year-olds) with a tertiary qualification has grown by more than 3% per year on average in OECD countries. On average across 24 national and sub-national entities participating in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills, 39% of adults have achieved...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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OECD Publishing
2015
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| Series: | Education Indicators in Focus
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| Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Between 2000 and 2012, the proportion of young adults (25-34 year-olds) with a tertiary qualification has grown by more than 3% per year on average in OECD countries. On average across 24 national and sub-national entities participating in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills, 39% of adults have achieved a higher level of education than their parents. A 20-34 year-old with tertiary educated parents is 4.5 times more likely to participate in tertiary education than a young adult whose parents did not have a tertiary qualification |
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| Physical Description: | 4 p. 21 x 29.7cm |