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Parents’ level of education for resident students in Norway
	2004		2014		2019
	All residents	Propotion which was registered in higher education	All residents	Propotion which was registered in higher education	All residents	Propotion which was registered in higher education
19-24 years
Males	166 830	25.1	210 447	27.1	210 338	28.5
Mother or father has long higher education	16 167	54.6	22 632	54.7	27 930	53.5
Mother or father has short higher education	42 170	37.5	63 726	37.6	70 282	36.7
Mother or father has upper secondary education	80 379	18.2	87 773	19.3	79 313	19.6
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	20 989	8.8	20 637	11.6	17 731	14.1
Not stated	7 125	10.0	15 679	8.2	15 082	7.9

Females	160 953	36.5	198 641	41.3	195 647	43.5
Mother or father has long higher education	14 988	64.4	21 379	64.8	26 116	62.9
Mother or father has short higher education	40 389	51.7	60 003	53.5	66 488	52.7
Mother or father has upper secondary education	75 991	31.3	82 239	36.3	74 515	37.3
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	19 932	16.3	19 570	21.4	16 636	25.6
Not stated	9 653	12.3	15 450	12.8	11 892	14.6

25-29 years
Males	144 957	15.4	178 900	13.5	188 750	13.9
Mother or father has long higher education	11 792	35.6	15 352	30.5	18 226	28.8
Mother or father has short higher education	30 508	23.8	42 427	21.2	51 833	20.1
Mother or father has upper secondary education	73 850	11.8	68 279	10.4	73 031	9.9
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	17 124	6.2	18 056	6.7	17 185	7.0
Not stated	11 683	9.2	34 786	6.2	28 475	7.5

Females	143 281	17.9	172 831	17.0	180 313	17.9
Mother or father has long higher education	11 216	35.8	14 487	31.2	17 184	31.2
Mother or father has short higher education	28 674	27.0	40 020	25.5	48 870	24.2
Mother or father has upper secondary education	70 896	15.1	64 889	15.5	68 275	15.4
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	16 664	9.1	17 011	10.9	16 228	11.7
Not stated	15 831	10.5	36 424	7.6	29 756	9.1

StatBank source table 09218