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The Network Society - University of Massachusetts Amherst

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38 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />

Table 2.6 Percentage <strong>of</strong> citizens per age group that have completed secondary and tertiary education in<br />

selected countries<br />

Advanced<br />

Finland USA Portugal Spain Italy Czech Rep. Slovakia Economies<br />

Secondary<br />

>55 years 52 84 8 18 24 80 68 60<br />

Secondary<br />

25–34 88 87 35 58 60 88 93 80<br />

Growth rate 69.23% 3.57% 337.50% 222.22% 150.00% 10.00% 36.76%<br />

Tertiary > 55 23.4 33.2 4.6 10.5 6.7 10.6 8.6 18<br />

Tertiary 39 39 15 37 12 12 12 27<br />

Growth rate 66.67% 17.47% 226.09% 252.38% 79.10% 13.21% 39.53%<br />

Advanced<br />

Hungary Greece Poland Chile Argentina Uruguay Brazil Economies<br />

Secondary<br />

>55 years 48 28 37 28 28 23 15 60<br />

Secondary 82 72 53 61 52 38 32 80<br />

Growth rate 70.83% 157.14% 43.24% 117.86% 85.71% 65.22% 113.33%<br />

Tertiary > 55 12.6 10.2 10.5 6 9 7 6 18<br />

Tertiary 15 24 16 12 15 9 14 27<br />

Growth rate 19.05% 135.29% 52.38% 100.00% 66.67% 28.57% 133.33%<br />

Sources: Secondary education figures: Education Outlook OECD 2004; tertiary education figures: Education Outlook OECD 2003

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