Table 3 Persons 16 years and above by highest attained level of education, gender and age. 1 October 2004. Per cent

3	Persons 16 years and above by highest attained level of education, gender and age. 1 October 2004. Per cent

Gender and age	Total	Highest completed education¹

Gender and age	Total	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary education, short³	Tertiary education, long⁴

Total	3 642 888	19.5	56.5	18.6	5.4

Males	1 789 956	17.6	59.3	15.9	7.2
16-19 years	116 498	38.7	61.3	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	138 877	6.7	85.7	7.5	0.1
25-29 years	145 723	5.2	65.0	23.1	6.7
30-39 years	353 413	6.8	61.5	22.0	9.7
40-49 years	328 893	11.1	61.6	18.7	8.5
50-59 years	305 064	17.3	55.1	18.1	9.4
60-66 years	147 959	25.1	51.1	14.9	8.8
67 years and above	253 529	39.7	45.0	9.5	5.9

Females	1 852 932	21.4	53.9	21.2	3.6
16-19 years	110 455	35.2	64.8	0.0	-
20-24 years	134 415	4.2	78.1	17.5	0.2
25-29 years	143 771	4.2	50.4	39.3	6.1
30-39 years	342 382	5.9	53.2	33.0	7.9
40-49 years	317 417	10.0	57.7	27.6	4.7
50-59 years	295 245	19.3	55.7	21.6	3.4
60-66 years	150 172	30.5	51.7	15.5	2.2
67 years and above	359 075	51.7	39.9	7.7	0.7

¹	Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
²	Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
³	Tertiary education, short comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
⁴	Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years.