Table 5 Highest attained education level by age 19, 25 and 30 among survivors diagnosed at ages 0–14 and the two comparison groupsa, b.
From: Educational attainment in survivors of childhood cancer in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden
Age 19 | Age 25 | Age 30 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Survivors | Population comparisons | Siblings | Survivors | Population comparisons | Siblings | Survivors | Population comparisons | Siblings | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Total | |||||||||
Education level | |||||||||
Lower secondary or less | 2707 (49.1) | 10365 (41.6) | 1757 (42.6) | 1109 (20.1) | 4068 (16.3) | 681 (16.5) | 929 (16.9) | 3265 (13.1) | 539 (13.1) |
Upper secondary | 2806 (50.9) | 14536 (58.4) | 2368 (57.4) | 3371 (61.1) | 15784 (63.4) | 2610 (63.3) | 2837 (51.5) | 12829 (51.5) | 2143 (52.0) |
Tertiary | NA | NA | NA | 1033 (18.7) | 5049 (20.3) | 834 (20.2) | 1747 (31.7) | 8807 (35.4) | 1443 (35.0) |
Restricted to individuals having attained at least upper secondary education at age 25b | |||||||||
Education level | |||||||||
Upper secondary | NA | NA | NA | 3363 (76.5) | 12789 (75.5) | 2113 (74.2) | 2678 (60.9) | 9869 (58.3) | 1608 (56.5) |
Tertiary | NA | NA | NA | 1032 (23.5) | 4148 (24.5) | 733 (25.8) | 1717 (39.1) | 7068 (41.7) | 1238 (43.5) |
