Table 1
Distribution of women and men, by age group and highest level of educational attainment, Canada, 1990 and 2009

Table 1
Distribution of women and men, by age group and highest level of educational attainment, Canada, 1990 and 2009
Table summary
 This table displays the results of distribution of women and men. This information is grouped by highest level of educational attainment appearing as row headers and by 25 to 34, 25 to 54, 1990, 2009, women, men appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage and thousands as a unit of measure.
Highest level of
educational attainment		 25 to 34 25 to 54
1990 2009 1990 2009
Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
percentage
0 to 8 years 3.9 4.6 1.4 1.5 8.6 9.0 2.2 2.7
Some high school 15.5 17.9 5.2 8.0 17.5 18.0 6.6 9.2
High school diploma 27.3 23.0 15.0 19.3 25.4 20.0 19.4 19.7
Some postsecondary 9.9 9.7 7.4 8.2 8.2 8.1 6.3 6.5
Postsecondary certificate/diploma 28.3 29.3 36.7 37.0 26.6 27.8 37.2 36.8
University degree 15.0 15.6 34.3 26.0 13.7 17.1 28.1 25.1
thousands
Total population 2,466 2,469 2,265 2,280 6,016 6,014 7,262 7,256
Sources: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 1990 and 2009.
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