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Students in tertiary education in per cent of registered cohort, by age group, gender and parents' educational attainment level.¹
	1995		2005		2013
	All residents	Proportion registered in higher education	All residents	Proportion registered in higher education	All residents	Proportion registered in higher education
¹Students include only students registered as residents in Norway.
19-24 years
Total	370 854	26.0	330 074	30.9	406 322	33.7
Mother or father has long tertiary education	28 627	59.1	31 871	59.3	42 389	59.3
Mother or father has short tertiary education	71 283	42.3	84 791	44.6	120 467	45.6
Mother or father has upper secondary education	205 387	21.4	155 104	24.5	170 714	27.5
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	54 640	8.6	41 025	12.7	41 124	16.2
Not stated	10 917	8.0	17 283	12.2	31 628	10.1

Males	188 514	22.5	168 033	25.3	208 594	27.5
Mother or father has long tertiary education	14 642	54.9	16 582	55.3	21 844	55.3
Mother or father has short tertiary education	36 473	37.8	43 356	37.8	62 001	38.7
Mother or father has upper secondary education	104 802	17.5	79 728	18.0	88 079	19.9
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	27 923	6.5	21 034	8.9	21 115	11.7
Not stated	4 674	8.6	7 333	10.1	15 555	8.6

Females	182 340	29.7	162 041	36.8	197 728	40.1
Mother or father has long tertiary education	13 985	63.5	15 289	63.7	20 545	63.6
Mother or father has short tertiary education	34 810	47.0	41 435	51.6	58 466	52.8
Mother or father has upper secondary education	100 585	25.4	75 376	31.5	82 635	35.5
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	26 717	10.7	19 991	16.6	20 009	21.0
Not stated	6 243	7.5	9 950	13.7	16 073	11.7

25-29 years
Total	342 782	12.1	285 317	16.3	340 170	15.0
Mother or father has long tertiary education	19 240	34.3	23 381	34.5	28 640	30.7
Mother or father has short tertiary education	48 740	22.7	60 323	24.9	77 938	23.2
Mother or father has upper secondary education	183 985	10.3	139 772	12.9	130 132	12.7
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	70 488	4.6	32 899	7.7	34 505	8.6
Not stated	20 329	8.2	28 942	10.1	68 955	6.9

Males	175 012	12.0	143 476	14.8	172 830	13.3
Mother or father has long tertiary education	9 762	35.1	11 983	33.5	14 715	29.7
Mother or father has short tertiary education	24 942	22.8	31 140	23.0	40 037	21.1
Mother or father has upper secondary education	93 976	10.0	71 441	11.1	66 660	10.4
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	36 299	4.1	16 772	6.2	17 755	6.6
Not stated	10 033	9.3	12 140	9.3	33 663	6.1

Females	167 770	12.2	141 841	17.8	167 340	16.8
Mother or father has long tertiary education	9 478	33.4	11 398	35.4	13 925	31.8
Mother or father has short tertiary education	23 798	22.6	29 183	26.8	37 901	25.5
Mother or father has upper secondary education	90 009	10.5	68 331	14.8	63 472	15.1
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	34 189	5.2	16 127	9.2	16 750	10.7
Not stated	10 296	7.1	16 802	10.8	35 292	7.7

StatBank source table 09218