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Press release No. 055 of 18 February 2019 20 to 24 year olds: more than half have higher education entrance qualification
The rate of persons with a higher education entrance qualification in the age group of the 20 to 24 year olds was 53% in 2017. To coincide with the didacta Trade Fair for Education and Training taking place in Cologne from 19 to 23 February 2019, the …
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Press release No. 422 of 1 November 2018 10% of the women had higher educational attainment than their partner in 2017
In 2017, 10% of the women living in a household together with a partner had the formally higher educational attainment in the relationship. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the opposite case was more frequent. In over a …
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Press release No. 332 of 6 September 2018 Proportion of university graduates among 30 to 34 year olds twice as high as a generation ago
Compared with their parents' generation, young people in Germany tend to achieve a higher level of educational attainment. Results of the 2017 microcensus show that 29% of the 30 to 34 year olds had a higher education degree, while the relevant …