Table 5 Graduations, by gender, level and parents´ level of education 1999/00, 2008/09, 2009/10

5 Graduations¹, by gender, level and parents´ level of education 1999/00, 2008/09, 2009/10
Level and parents´level of education	1999/00			2008/09			2009/10

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

Tertiary education, 4 years or less²	23 632	8 551	15 081	24 264	8 719	15 545	25 986	9 274	16 712
Mother or father has long tertiary education	2 301	953	1 348	2 943	1 286	1 657	3 291	1 464	1 827
Mother or father has short tertiary education	6 076	2 449	3 627	7 672	3 046	4 626	8 450	3 313	5 137
Mother or father has upper secondary education	12 054	4 084	7 970	10 289	3 285	7 004	10 793	3 396	7 397
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	2 179	665	1 514	1 836	566	1 270	1 866	571	1 295
Unknown	1 022	400	622	1 524	536	988	1 586	530	1 056
Tertiary education, more than 4 years³	7 325	3 933	3 392	9 855	4 331	5 524	10 816	4 935	5 881
Mother or father has long tertiary education	1 766	915	851	2 201	1 067	1 134	2 385	1 171	1 214
Mother or father has short tertiary education	2 020	1 065	955	3 168	1 367	1 801	3 405	1 581	1 824
Mother or father has upper secondary education	2 377	1 311	1 066	2 709	1 121	1 588	3 013	1 266	1 747
Mother or father has primary and lower secondary education	296	178	118	387	131	256	431	155	276
Unknown	866	464	402	1 390	645	745	1 582	762	820

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.