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Parents’ level of education for resident students in Norway
	2005		2015		2020
	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
Corrected 8 April 2021.
19-24 years
Males	168 033	25.3	210 958	27.9	207 662	29.9
Mother or father has long higher education	16 582	55.3	23 472	54.9	29 141	55.0
Mother or father has short higher education	43 356	37.8	65 164	38.3	70 814	37.7
Mother or father has upper secondary education	79 728	18.0	86 772	19.7	76 367	20.3
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	21 034	8.9	20 067	12.2	17 122	15.3
Not stated	7 333	10.1	15 483	9.4	14 218	8.5

Females	162 041	36.8	198 049	42.3	193 789	46.4
Mother or father has long higher education	15 289	63.7	22 081	65.2	27 277	65.9
Mother or father has short higher education	41 435	51.6	61 377	54.1	67 454	55.4
Mother or father has upper secondary education	75 376	31.5	81 253	36.8	71 841	39.4
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	19 991	16.6	18 949	22.2	16 088	27.9
Not stated	9 950	13.7	14 389	15.1	11 129	15.3

25-29 years
Males	143 476	14.8	183 761	13.7	187 733	14.6
Mother or father has long higher education	11 983	33.5	15 975	29.9	18 844	29.5
Mother or father has short higher education	31 140	23.0	44 817	21.3	53 155	20.6
Mother or father has upper secondary education	71 441	11.1	70 384	10.4	72 152	10.4
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	16 772	6.2	18 240	6.5	16 775	8.1
Not stated	12 140	9.3	34 345	6.9	26 807	7.8

Females	141 841	17.8	177 551	17.6	178 001	18.9
Mother or father has long higher education	11 398	35.4	15 141	31.7	17 729	31.7
Mother or father has short higher education	29 183	26.8	42 404	25.8	49 810	25.0
Mother or father has upper secondary education	68 331	14.8	66 620	15.8	67 564	16.2
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	16 127	9.2	17 187	11.0	15 671	12.6
Not stated	16 802	10.8	36 199	8.4	27 227	9.6

StatBank source table 09218