Table 1.

Prevalence of termination prior to completion of four educational milestones

Educational milestone	At risk, n	Terminated prior to completion, n	Censored,an	Proportion terminated among those at risk % (s.e.)	Proportion terminated among total part 2 sample % (s.e.)
High-income countries
Primary school	26 109	1 761	0	6.0 (0.2)	6.0 (0.2)
Secondary school	24 348	6 867	2	24.7 (0.4)	23.3 (0.3)
Entry to tertiary education	17 479	7 744	130	49.3 (0.5)	34.9 (0.4)
Tertiary education	9 605	4 619	157	46.2 (0.7)	16.3 (0.3)
LAMI countries
Primary school	15 579	2 974	0	16.6 (0.4)	16.6 (0.4)
Secondary school	12 605	6 186	40	46.1 (0.6)	38.4 (0.5)
Entry to tertiary education	6 379	2 660	141	40.1 (0.8)	17.9 (0.4)
Tertiary education	3 578	2 038	161	55.1 (1.1)	14.1 (0.4)

LAMI, low- and middle-income.

a. Censored observations represent respondents who were 18 years old at the time of interview, or were 19-21 years old and still at university.