Table 4 Trends in education required by job 1969–2005 (percentage)
From: What do people do at work?Was machen Menschen bei der Arbeit?
| Â | SWC/QES | PSID | STAMP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1969 | 1972 | 1977 | 1976 | 1985 | 2005 | |
<High school | 36.1 | 24.3 | 21.4 | 27.0 | 13.2 | 6.0 |
High school | 25.6 | 43.7 | 43.9 | 42.5 | 40.0 | 39.3 |
High school + voc | 12.6 | – | – | – | 6.1 | 6.3 |
<Bachelors | 9.0 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 17.1 |
Bachelors | 10.2 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 17.1 | 23.4 | 23.8 |
Graduate | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
N | 1033 | 982 | 861 | 3250 | 4509 | 1885 |