Education
| Overall average (n = 7,071) | England (n = 1,015) | Finland (n = 1,013) | Italy (n = 1,004) | Spain (n = 1,004) | Sweden (n = 1,019) | Switzerland (n = 1,003) | The Netherlands (n = 1,013) | |||||||||
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| Education level | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % |
| ED1 | ||||||||||||||||
| No qualifications | 57 | 0.81 | 21 | 2.07 | 7 | 0.69 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2.06 | 7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| School level (age 16) | 604 | 8.54 | 174 | 17.14 | 86 | 8.49 | 87 | 8.67 | 76 | 7.57 | 136 | 13.35 | 37 | 3.69 | 8 | 0.79 |
| College level | 2047 | 28.95 | 227 | 22.36 | 446 | 44.03 | 511 | 50.9 | 318 | 31.67 | 289 | 13.35 | 69 | 6.88 | 187 | 18.46 |
| Apprenticeship | 955 | 13.51 | 63 | 6.21 | 30 | 2.96 | 10 | 1 | 37 | 3.69 | 39 | 3.83 | 389 | 38.78 | 387 | 38.2 |
| Undergraduate | 1,503 | 21.26 | 293 | 28.87 | 131 | 12.93 | 117 | 11.65 | 311 | 30.98 | 239 | 23.45 | 133 | 13.26 | 279 | 27.54 |
| Postgraduate | 1,693 | 23.94 | 218 | 21.48 | 236 | 23.3 | 271 | 26.99 | 228 | 22.71 | 257 | 25.22 | 335 | 33.4 | 148 | 14.61 |
| Other | 212 | 3 | 19 | 1.87 | 77 | 0.99 | 7 | 1.49 | 34 | 3.39 | 38 | 3.73 | 33 | 3.29 | 4 | 0.39 |
| ED2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ability to think critically | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Range overall 1.4–7 | 5.31 | 0.69 | 5.41 | 0.68 | 5.38 | 0.64 | 5.39 | 0.65 | 5.37 | 0.73 | 5.19 | 0.71 | 5.29 | 0.67 | 5.17 | 0.67 |
| Overall average ( | England ( | Finland ( | Italy ( | Spain ( | Sweden ( | Switzerland ( | The Netherlands ( | |||||||||
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| Education level | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % | Freq | % |
| No qualifications | 57 | 0.81 | 21 | 2.07 | 7 | 0.69 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2.06 | 7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| School level (age 16) | 604 | 8.54 | 174 | 17.14 | 86 | 8.49 | 87 | 8.67 | 76 | 7.57 | 136 | 13.35 | 37 | 3.69 | 8 | 0.79 |
| College level | 2047 | 28.95 | 227 | 22.36 | 446 | 44.03 | 511 | 50.9 | 318 | 31.67 | 289 | 13.35 | 69 | 6.88 | 187 | 18.46 |
| Apprenticeship | 955 | 13.51 | 63 | 6.21 | 30 | 2.96 | 10 | 1 | 37 | 3.69 | 39 | 3.83 | 389 | 38.78 | 387 | 38.2 |
| Undergraduate | 1,503 | 21.26 | 293 | 28.87 | 131 | 12.93 | 117 | 11.65 | 311 | 30.98 | 239 | 23.45 | 133 | 13.26 | 279 | 27.54 |
| Postgraduate | 1,693 | 23.94 | 218 | 21.48 | 236 | 23.3 | 271 | 26.99 | 228 | 22.71 | 257 | 25.22 | 335 | 33.4 | 148 | 14.61 |
| Other | 212 | 3 | 19 | 1.87 | 77 | 0.99 | 7 | 1.49 | 34 | 3.39 | 38 | 3.73 | 33 | 3.29 | 4 | 0.39 |
| Ability to think critically | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Range overall | 5.31 | 0.69 | 5.41 | 0.68 | 5.38 | 0.64 | 5.39 | 0.65 | 5.37 | 0.73 | 5.19 | 0.71 | 5.29 | 0.67 | 5.17 | 0.67 |
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