Table 1.

Sample Size by Highest Educational Qualification in the USS and the CS.

	USS	CS
No qualifications	4,960	2,598
GCSE	5,904	2,690
A-Level	5,404	1,775
Higher vocational	3,873	1,279
University degree	7,326	3,395
Total	27,467	11,737

Note. USS = Understanding Society Survey; CS = Citizenship Survey; GCSE = General Certificate of Secondary Education, exam usually taken around age 16, at the end of compulsory, full-time secondary education; A-level = qualification that marks the end of secondary education, usually taken around age 18; higher vocational = non-university post-secondary education, mainly aimed at practical and/or technical skills.