Journal of Population Sciences
Table 1 Proportion (in percent) of populations aged 30 years and above by education level for Italy (1991–2011), Denmark (1990–2010), and the USA (1990–2010), stratified by gender
Italy (1991–2011) | Denmark (1990–2010) | USA (1990–2010) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Med | High | Low | Med | High | Low | Med | High | |
Men | |||||||||
1990/91 | 75.9 | 17.6 | 6.5 | 48.6 | 35.0 | 16.4 | 21.7 | 54.7 | 23.6 |
2010/11 | 53.8 | 34.0 | 12.2 | 29.6 | 43.9 | 26.5 | 13.3 | 57.9 | 28.8 |
Difference | − 22.1 | +16.4 | +5.7 | − 19.0 | +8.9 | +10.1 | − 8.4 | +3.2 | +5.2 |
Women | |||||||||
1990/91 | 81.8 | 14.3 | 3.9 | 62.7 | 23.4 | 13.9 | 22.9 | 60.1 | 17.0 |
2010/11 | 56.8 | 30.7 | 12.5 | 35.0 | 36.3 | 28.7 | 12.4 | 60.4 | 27.2 |
Difference | − 25.0 | +16.4 | +8.6 | − 27.7 | +12.9 | +14.8 | − 10.5 | +0.3 | +10.2 |
Both sexes | |||||||||
1990/91 | 79.0 | 15.8 | 5.2 | 55.9 | 29.0 | 15.1 | 22.4 | 57.6 | 20.0 |
2010/11 | 55.4 | 32.2 | 12.4 | 32.3 | 40.1 | 27.6 | 12.8 | 59.2 | 28.0 |
Difference | − 23.6 | +16.4 | +7.2 | − 23.6 | +11.1 | +12.5 | − 9.6 | +1.6 | +8.0 |