Educational Inequalities Among School Leavers in Ireland 1979-1994



Table 6: Third-Level Participation by Social Class, Gender and Year Left School

Higher
Professional

Lower
Professional

Other
Non-Manual

Skilled

Manual

Semi-skilled
Manual

Unskilled
Manual

Farmers

1979

1994

1979

1994

1979

1994

1979

1994

1979

1994

1979

1994

1979

1994

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Males

32.7

66.0

25.0

51.7

20.7

41.6

10.1

24.7

6.0

24.6

5.6

14.2

3.5

10.1

Females

26.8

70.7

24.9

55.8

16.2

59.1

7.0

34.3

8.4

28.8

4.5

16.2

11.6

36.6

Total

29.6

68.2

25.0

53.7

18.8

50.1

8.6

29.3

7.2

26.8

5.1

15.3

10.9

41.2


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