Table 1
Educational attainment, by sex and age group, non-institutional cohort members aged 25 or older, Canada, 1991 (baseline)

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Table 1
Educational attainment, by sex and age group, non-institutional cohort members aged 25 or older, Canada, 1991 (baseline)
Table summary
 This table displays the results of educational attainment. The information is grouped by sex and age group (appearing as row headers), total , less than secondary graduation, secondary graduation, post-secondary diploma and university degree, calculated using number and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sex and age group Total Less than secondary graduation Secondary graduation Post-secondary diploma University degree
number %
Men  
25 or older 1,358,200 35.0 37.6 12.4 15.1
25 to 44 725,500 24.1 42.7 15.7 17.5
45 to 64 433,400 41.4 34.6 9.9 14.0
65 to 74 135,700 58.0 26.9 6.2 8.9
75 or older 63,600 65.3 22.3 4.9 7.5
Women  
25 or older 1,376,600 34.8 35.2 18.4 11.7
25 to 44 765,100 23.0 40.2 21.5 15.3
45 to 64 388,300 42.7 31.5 16.9 8.9
65 to 74 136,300 59.3 25.9 10.5 4.3
75 or older 86,800 64.2 21.9 10.0 3.9
Source: 1991 to 2006 Canadian census mortality and cancer follow-up study.