Education by education, year and sex

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	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
	1975		1985		1995		2005
Children in pre-primary inst. 0?2 years, % of agegroup	..	..	12	..	23	..	38	39
Children in pre-primary inst. 3?5 years, % of agegroup	..	..	60	..	83	..	93	95
Students at upper secondary level	49	51	46	54	48	52	51	49
Students at tertiary level	48	52	52	48	58	42	63	37
Students abroad	33	67	40	60	42	58	48	52
Students passing matriculation examination	50	50	58	42	60	40	63	37
Graduations at tertiary level	24	76	50	50	59	41	64	36
PhD graduations in Iceland and abroad	..	..	..	..	30	70	45	55
Headmasters, principals, presidents Pre-primary institutions	..	..	..	..	..	..	99	1
Headmasters, principals, presidents Compulsory schools	9	91	14	86	29	71	44	56
Headmasters, principals, presidents Upper secondary schools	..	..	..	..	20	80	19	81
Headmasters, principals, presidents Tertiary level schools	-	100	-	100	-	100	18	82
Teachers Pre-primary institutions	..	..	..	..	..	..	96	4
Teachers Compulsory schools	..	..	..	..	73	27	79	21
Teachers Upper secondary schools	..	..	..	..	46	54	50	50
Teachers Tertiary level, prof. assoc. prof. assist. prof	6	94	12	88	25	75	34	66
Teachers Tertiary level, other teachers	15	85	23	77	..	..	47	53
Employed persons in R&D, total	..	..	..	..	37	63	43	57
of which researchers	..	..	..	..	33	67	39	61

Footnotes

In some instances data is not available for the reference year so data closest to the year is used. Newest figures refer mostly to 2004.Oldest figures on students abroad refer to 1977 and for teachers at upper secondary schools to 1996. Figures on teachers at tertiary level refer to 1982/83 and 1996. Figures on employed persons in R&D refer to 1999 and 2003.

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