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Table 3 Self-reported prevalence of going from school to full-time education or university, and gaining qualifications as an adult, by age and gender

From: Validity of two simple measures for estimating life-course socio-economic position in cross-sectional postal survey data in an older population: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (NorStOP)

Gone from school to full-time education or university? (n = 7581)

 

Answered “Yes”

Female

Male

50–59

60–69

70–79

80+

Total n (%)

814

507

307

424

193

125

72

Age left school n (%)

14 & under

115

85 (16.8)

30 (9.8)

13 (3.1)

10 (5.2)

57 (45.6)

35 (48.6)

15+

699

422 (83.2)

277 (90.2)

411 (96.9)

183 (94.8)

68 (54.4)

37 (51.4)

Gained qualifications through study as an adult? (n = 7577)

 

Answered “Yes”

Female

Male

5059

6069

7079

80+

Total n (%)

2189

1028

1161

1089

635

346

119

Age left school n (%)

14 & under

313

129 (12.5)

184 (15.8)

26 (2.4)

32 (5.0)

188 (54.3)

67 (56.3)

15+

1876

899 (87.5)

977 (84.2)

1063 (97.6)

603 (95.0)

158 (45.7)

52 (43.7)