Table 2.3.33 - BMBF's Data Portal

Table 2.3.33

Participation of 17 & 18-year-olds in an upper secondary level school, by the father's level of education and his occupational status
¹⁾
	1996	2002	2005	2007
Educational participation rate	Share (%)
Total	48	51	54	51
School-leaving certificate of the father²⁾	Share (%)
Secondary general school	33	37	36	34
Intermediate school	47	46	49	47
University entrance qualification	81	82	82	79
Occupational status of the father²⁾	Share (%)
Blue collar employee	30	34	36	33
White collar employee	60	60	62	59
Self-employed	55	58	61	63
Civil servant	72	77	74	73

Source: Deutsches Studentenwerk/German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, Sozialerhebung; Federal Statistical Office, Mikrozensus

Notes:
¹⁾ Participation in upper secondary level at grammar school.
²⁾ For methodological reasons, assessments of education participation rates among specific social groups continue to use the concept of a family provider as an indicator of the social status of a student's family of origin. For the most part, the family provider is the father. In single-parent families, the family provider is the single parent.

Last update: November 29, 2011

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