Year: 1995
Module: Education
Variable: SCHLLEAV
Question: From what you know or have heard, please tick one box for each statement about state secondary schools now compared with 10 years ago.
On the whole, do you think school leavers are better qualified or worse qualified nowadays than they were 10 years ago?
Index
to tables on this page
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-
%
of
people of different ages
-
%
of
people of different religions.
| Overall
Results |
% |
| Much better now than 10 years ago | 26 |
| A little better | 40 |
| About the same | 20 |
| A little worse | 9 |
| Much worse now than 10 years ago | 4 |
| Not answered | 1 |
| Results
for men and women |
%
|
| | Male | Female |
| Much better now than 10 years ago |
20 |
30 |
| A little better |
41 |
40 |
| About the same |
26 |
15 |
| A little worse |
9 |
10 |
| Much worse now than 10 years ago |
3 |
4 |
| Not answered |
2 |
1 |
| Results
for people of different ages |
%
|
| | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ |
| Much better now than 10 years ago |
35 |
27 |
37 |
19 |
20 |
14 |
| A little better |
37 |
38 |
37 |
50 |
46 |
34 |
| About the same |
16 |
22 |
17 |
16 |
18 |
28 |
| A little worse |
10 |
10 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
12 |
| Much worse now than 10 years ago |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
10 |
6 |
| Not answered |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| Results
for people of different religions |
%
|
| | Catholic | Protestant | No religion |
| Much better now than 10 years ago |
31 |
24 |
* |
| A little better |
41 |
40 |
* |
| About the same |
16 |
21 |
* |
| A little worse |
7 |
10 |
* |
| Much worse now than 10 years ago |
4 |
4 |
* |
| Not answered |
1 |
2 |
* |
* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.
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