Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 13a: Enrollment in public and private university education, by age group, enrollment status, and country: 1991

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               Ages 18-21             Ages 22-29 1       Total Ages 18-29 2
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Country    Full-time  Part-time  Full-time  Part-time  Full-time Part-time
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Australia       15.2        2.3        2.6        2.7        6.8       2.6
Belgium         16.4        0.0        4.1        0.0        8.2       0.0
Czechoslovakia  14.7        0.0        1.7        0.0        6.0       0.0
Canada          21.6        1.6        6.1        3.2       11.3       2.7
Denmark          7.5        0.0       12.9        0.0       11.1       0.0
Finland          9.7        0.0       12.1        0.0       11.3       0.0
France          18.5        0.0        7.2        0.0       11.0       0.0
Germany (West)   6.8        0.0       12.0        0.0       10.3       0.0
Hungary          4.1        0.1        1.6        0.6        2.4       0.4
Ireland         12.7         **        1.8         **        5.4        **
Netherlands      7.3        0.0        4.6        0.2        5.5       0.1
New Zealand     15.2        1.9        3.1        2.1        7.1       2.0
Norway           7.6        0.5        9.0        1.0        8.5       0.8
Portugal         7.7         **        3.0         **        4.6        **
Spain           21.3        0.0        9.8        0.0       13.6       0.0
Sweden           3.6        0.0        5.7        0.0        5.0       0.0
Switzerland      4.4        0.0        5.9        0.0        5.4       0.0
Turkey           6.8        0.0        3.4        0.0        4.5       0.0
United Kingdom  12.4        0.3        2.0        1.2        5.5       0.9
United States   22.8        1.4        5.5        3.1       11.3       2.5
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** Not available.
1 Figures are averages of separate figures provided for the age groups 22-25 and 26-29.
2 Weighted average of the age groups 18-21 and 22-29.

NOTE: See supplemental note to Indicator 13 for details on data provided by Denmark, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, and the United States, for a discussion of the non-inclusion of proprietary schools, for a discussion of the calculation of full-time equivalent enrollments, and for a discussion of enrollment reference groups and entry reference ages; and the supplemental note for a discussion of levels of education.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation, Education at a Glance, 1993, Table P17.

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Figure 13c Table 13b