Education in States and Nations: 1991
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Higher
Less than education Higher
All upper Upper (non- education
Country Year levels secondary secondary (university) (university)
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Australia 1991 57 57 56 57 62
Canada 1990 58 52 57 60 64
Denmark 1990 69 70 70 71 65
Finland 1990 72 75 74 75 70
Netherlands 1989 55 51 60 55 58
New Zealand 1991 64 63 66 63 67
Norway 1991 60 57 61 62 60
Portugal 1991 71 71 69 63 73
Sweden 1990 66 67 65 64 66
Switzerland 1990 48 46 52 51 56
United States* 1990 56 57 57 62 55
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*1990 data.NOTE: See supplemental note to Indicator 28 for details on earnings data provided by Austria, Belgium, Portugal, and Switzerland; the supplemental note supplemental note for details on data provided by Australia, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and the United States; and for a discussion comparing educational attainment data for the United States as it is found in the Current Population Survey to the same in the 1990 U.S. Census of Population.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation, Education at a Glance, 1993, Table R10(B). U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing.
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