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Published in final edited form as: Popul Stud (Camb). 2010 Nov;64(3):209–227. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2010.512392

Table A1.

Education Distributions and Sample Sizes by Country, Cohort, and Survey

Cohort 1951–55	Italy			Spain			USA
Cohort 1951–55	Fertility and Family Survey (FFS)	Multiscopo	Pooled Surveys	FFS	Fertility Survey	Pooled Surveys	Current Population Survey	National Survey of Family Growth		Pooled Surveys
Education	1995	1998	Pooled Surveys	1995	1999	Pooled Surveys	1995	1995	2002	Pooled Surveys
low	58.6	57.9	58.1	77.7	73.1	74.7	10.7	11.3	-	10.8
medium	30.2	31.1	30.8	12.1	11.4	11.7	54.1	55.5	-	54.4
high	11.2	11.0	11.1	10.1	15.5	13.6	35.2	33.3	-	34.7
Sample N	944	2,098	3,042	539	1,051	1,590	5,729	1,970	-	7,699
*Cohort 1961–65*	FFS	Multiscopo	Pooled Surveys	FFS	Fertility Survey	Pooled Surveys	Current Population Survey	National Survey of Family Growth		Pooled Surveys
Education	1995	1998	Pooled Surveys	1995	1999	Pooled Surveys	1995	1995	2002	Pooled Surveys
low	42.8	43.6	43.4	62.5	61.6	61.9	11.5	11.3	11.0	11.5
medium	45.6	45.3	45.4	17.6	14.5	15.5	52.9	55.5	49.3	53.2
high	11.6	11.2	11.3	19.9	24.0	22.6	35.6	33.3	39.7	35.3
Sample N	1,072	2,694	3,766	765	1,339	2,104	5,786	2,130	1,234	9,150