Table 5 Graduations, by gender, level and parents´ level of education 1998/99, 2007/08, 2008/09

5 Graduations¹, by gender, level and parents´ level of education 1998/99, 2007/08, 2008/09
Level and parents´level of education	1998/99			2007/08			2008/09

Level and parents´level of education	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women

Tertiary education, 4 years or less²	22 360	8 291	14 069	24 660	9 027	15 633	24 264	8 719	15 545
Mother or father has long tertiary education	2 296	956	1 340	3 054	1 422	1 632	2 943	1 286	1 657
Mother or father has short tertiary education	5 653	2 266	3 387	7 553	3 013	4 540	7 672	3 046	4 626
Mother or father has upper secondary education	11 520	4 086	7 434	10 795	3 567	7 228	10 289	3 285	7 004
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	2 029	633	1 396	1 868	560	1 308	1 836	566	1 270
Unknown	862	350	512	1 390	465	925	1 524	536	988
Tertiary education, more than 4 years³	7 062	3 975	3 087	9 439	4 214	5 225	9 855	4 331	5 524
Mother or father has long tertiary education	1 665	935	730	2 102	987	1 115	2 201	1 067	1 134
Mother or father has short tertiary education	2 001	1 098	903	3 019	1 354	1 665	3 168	1 367	1 801
Mother or father has upper secondary education	2 345	1 339	1 006	2 720	1 136	1 584	2 709	1 121	1 588
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	346	218	128	343	133	210	387	131	256
Unknown	705	385	320	1 255	604	651	1 390	645	745

¹	Doctoral degrees are not included.
²	Including graduations from programmes 4 years or less but also 2 years or longer.
³	Including graduations from programmes longer than 4 years.