The Irish census form gathers information on degrees split by associates/degree/MA/PhD etc., though the published reports only provide information on "degree or higher." The Irish Central Statistics Office has always been incredibly responsive to my questions, so if you contact them at census@cso.ie I would expect they might be able to provide information - at least for the 2002 census, if not the 2006 (only the preliminary report has been released so far). If using data from Ireland, bear in mind of course the high level of emigration through the years, and immigration in recent years, which may well skew the figures in some manner. I'd expect that other countries may similarly gather more detailed information than is provided in the standard reports, and running through the member agencies of Eurostat or similar may prove fruitful. Andrew On 5 Feabh 2007, at 15:20, air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:

All,

After beating my head against the digital wall for a while, I decided to access our collective intelligence.

I am looking for statistics on the percentage of national adult populations who have earned a graduate degree. I have this information for the US (for the curious out there, as of 2005, 6.8% hold Masters and 1.5% Ph.D.), but have been unable to track down similar stats for any place else. Undergrad information is easy, the grad stuff is proving more challenging. I suppose it is a matter of knowing where to look.

Broader information on regions, say Asia, Latin America, or Europe as a whole would also be helpful.

Any help in pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

-TED

Ted M. Coopman Department of Communication University of Washington

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