°Educational inheritance














Educational inheritance 2006 in %







By sex and country
Stability Ascending mobility Descending mobility
SE Women 48.7 44.4 6.9

Men 51.1 41.8 7.1
FR Women 56.9 38.0 5.2

Men 56.4 37.4 6.3
UK Women 58.4 33.1 8.4

Men 53.0 37.6 9.4
ES Women 66.8 28.8 4.4

Men 64.1 31.9 4.0
CH Women 61.0 25.8 13.3

Men 52.9 42.0 5.1
DE Women 63.4 20.1 16.4

Men 61.4 28.4 10.2





By age and country



SE 25–39 years 48.6 40.1 11.4

40–59 years 38.6 55.6 5.8

60 y. and over 65.3 29.7 5.0
FR 25–39 years 46.4 45.1 8.5

40–59 years 56.8 39.7 3.6

60 y. and over 67.7 25.6 6.7
UK 25–39 years 46.1 40.5 13.4

40–59 years 51.5 39.3 9.2

60 y. and over 69.7 25.8 4.6
ES 25–39 years 49.2 46.3 4.5

40–59 years 61.6 33.9 4.5

60 y. and over 89.9 6.8 3.3
CH 25–39 years 58.9 31.1 10.0

40–59 years 53.0 37.8 9.1

60 y. and over 61.9 28.7 9.5
DE 25–39 years 60.3 20.5 19.2

40–59 years 64.8 24.6 10.6

60 y. and over 60.5 26.9 12.7





















Educational homogamy of women who live with a partner by country 2006 in %








Homogamy Hypergamy Hypogamy
SE 58.1 16.5 25.4
FR 58.9 19.5 21.6
UK 56.7 22.0 21.3
ES 73.1 14.3 12.5
CH 60.5 30.5 9.0
DE 60.7 24.3 15.0