Table

Pupils who started a basic course for the firste time in the relevant autumn, by completed upper secondary education within five years, lower secondary school points and gender. Per cent
	2007
	Total	Completed according to nominal length of study		Did not complete general or vocational education
	Total	Completed according to nominal length of study	Completed beyond nominal length of study	Still in upper secondary education	Enrolled in final year but failed examinations	Dropped out before or within final year
¹Definition of lower secondary school points was changed in 2007, see About the statistics.
Gender and lower secondary school points¹
Total	62 932	56	13	6	7	17
< 25	2 511	5	7	14	6	69
25 - 29	5 282	15	12	15	12	46
30 - 34	9 485	29	18	11	14	27
35 -39	11 461	50	19	7	11	13
40 - 44	13 423	71	14	3	6	6
45 -49	11 387	86	9	1	2	2
50 - 54	5 974	91	6	0	1	1
55 >	851	95	4	0	0	0
Marks are not known	2 558	18	6	7	6	62

Men
Total	32 376	49	15	7	8	20
< 25	1 819	5	7	13	5	69
25 - 29	3 569	16	13	15	12	45
30 - 34	5 905	29	20	11	14	26
35 -39	6 333	48	22	7	11	12
40 - 44	6 483	68	16	4	7	5
45 -49	4 623	84	10	1	3	2
50 - 54	1 968	91	7	0	1	1
55 >	250	94	4	0	1	2
Marks are not known	1 426	14	5	7	6	68

Women
Total	30 556	64	11	5	6	14
< 25	692	4	5	15	6	69
25 - 29	1 713	13	11	15	12	49
30 - 34	3 580	31	15	11	14	29
35 -39	5 128	53	16	6	11	15
40 - 44	6 940	74	12	3	6	6
45 -49	6 764	87	8	1	2	2
50 - 54	4 006	92	6	0	1	1
55 >	601	96	3	0	0	0
Marks are not known	1 132	25	8	6	7	54