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Table 1 Employment rate of older workers by levels of qualification in 2007—percentages of gainfully employed persons as part of the corresponding population

From: Germany—No Country for Old Workers?Germany—No Country for Old Workers?

Qualification level

Employment rates

Aged 50 to 54

Aged 55 to 59

Aged 60 to 64

Aged 30 to 49

Unskilled

63.4

25/2

2/2

4/3

Apprenticeship

82.3

14/3

11/2

25/3

Technical college degree

31/3

24/3

23/2

1/4

University degree

1/4

28/3

7/3

30/3

Total

21/3

14/3

14/2

23/3

  1. Source: IAB, Research Unit A2