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Percentage of persons with university degrees or equivalent in 2021 for District/Unitary Authority
Definitions here have to vary.
For 1951 it is the percentage who had remained in education past age 20.
In 1971 it is people with degrees or Higher National Certificates.
For 1981 it covers all people with "degrees, professional or vocational qualifications",
while in 1991 it is simply degrees.
For 2021, it includes all degrees plus, for example, NVQ level 4 to 5, BTEC Higher level,
and Scottish Vocational Qualification at Level 5.
Despite these complications, the geographical pattern changes very little over time,
districts with high proportions of graduates strongly concentrated into the south east.
R_EDUC_GRAD = (EDUC_LEVEL_GRAD_GEN:grad * 100.0) / EDUC_LEVEL_TOT:total
| Data Role | Source | Method |
|---|---|---|
| EDUC_LEVEL_GRAD_GEN:grad | Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" (Highest level of qualification (8 way)) | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| EDUC_LEVEL_GRAD_GEN:grad | National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV501, "Highest level of qualification") | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| EDUC_LEVEL_GRAD_GEN:grad | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Flexible Table Builder: "Highest level of qualification" (8 way)) | Exact count provided by a government statistical office for this area |
| EDUC_LEVEL_TOT:total | National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV501, "Highest level of qualification") | Sum of published counts for Output Areas or E.Ds. |
| EDUC_LEVEL_TOT:total | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Flexible Table Builder: "Highest level of qualification" (8 way)) | Sum of published counts for Output Areas or E.Ds. |