Ranking List Chance of children of parents with an academic education (academic parents)* to reach a university degree, in comparison with children of non-academic parents in Europe (the smaller the factor, the better the chance) *related to today grownups (stand: 2008) |
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Position |
Country |
x-time higher chances |
1 |
Germany |
2.1 |
2 |
Finland |
2.2 |
3 |
Great Britain |
2,4 |
4 |
Estonia |
2,6 |
5 |
Sweden |
2,6 |
6 |
Netherlands |
2,8 |
7 |
Belgium |
3,2 |
8 |
Denmark |
3,2 |
9 |
Spain |
3,3 |
10 |
France |
3,3 |
11 |
Ireland |
3,5 |
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Austria |
3,6 |
12 |
EU-25 |
3,6 |
13 | Lithuania | 3,8 |
14 | Greece | 4,1 |
15 | Cyprus | 4,1 |
16 | Latvia | 4,7 |
17 | Portugal | 6,0 |
18 | Luxembourg | 6,5 |
19 | Slovakia | 6,7 |
20 | Italy | 7,7 |
21 | Slovenia | 8,0 |
22 | Hungary | 9,1 |
23 | Poland | 9,7 |
24 | Czech Republic | 11,0 |
Source: Frankfurter Rundschau No. 121, May 27, 2008, EU social report The ranking list shows the privileg of an academic education dependent on the social affiliation: in Germany children of non-academic parents have the best chances to reach a university degree.
The ranking list has been compiled in the best of one‘s
knowledge. For the completeness and for the total correctness of contents
of this ranking list cannot be taken over guarantee. |