Percentage of the population ages 25 to 64, by highest level of education, income, and country in the G-8 countries: 2008

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Percentage of the population ages 25 to 64, by highest level of education, income, and country in the G-8 countries: 2008

Education level and income	Canada¹	France¹	Germany	Italy²	Japan¹	United Kingdom	United States
Lower secondary education or below³
At or below half of the median income	39.2	17.8	29.8	18.4	36.0	30.9	44.5
More than two times the median income	6.5	3.0	2.4	6.7	5.4	1.2	2.4
Upper secondary education⁴
At or below half of the median income	28.8	9.9	24.6	9.2	28.9	20.3	24.1
More than two times the median income	11.1	5.1	4.5	12.6	12.4	6.7	7.8
Academic higher education⁵
At or below half of the median income	17.1	5.7	11.9	8.9	8.9	6.9	12.5
More than two times the median income	31.2	27.0	29.5	27.3	34.7	27.9	30.1
¹Reference year is 2007 rather than 2008.
²Reference year is 2006 rather than 2008.
³Includes ISCED97 levels 0 (preprimary education), 1 (primary education), and 2 (lower secondary education).
⁴Includes ISCED97 levels 3 (upper secondary education) and 4 (postsecondary nontertiary programs).
⁵ Includes ISCED97 levels 5A (academic higher education below the doctoral level) and 6 (doctoral level of academic higher education).
NOTE: See the source listed below for the additional income categories that make up the full percentage distribution: more than half the median but at or below the median, more than the median but at or below 1.5 times the median, and more than 1.5 times the median but at or below 2.0 times the median. Education levels are defined according to the 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED97). For more information on the ISCED97 levels, see appendix A in Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2011.
SOURCE: Miller, D.C., and Warren, L.K. (2011). Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2011 (NCES 2012-007), table 21-1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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