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Table TDI-12. Education status of clients entering treatment, 2008 or most recent year available [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) New outpatient clients by country and education status (%)

CountryPrimary level not completedPrimary level of educationSecondary level of educationHigher level of educationStatus known (n)Status not known
Belgium(1)2.221.469.86.659057
Bulgaria7.428.860.03.721510
Czech Republic12.351.934.11.691588
Denmark7.732.553.76.21284154
Germany(2)0.024.275.80.011156662
Estonia(3)0.058.941.10.01751
Ireland(4)4.924.267.23.81624224
Greece2.023.265.79.1116346
Spain(5)1.242.551.54.822323711
France0.23.762.733.472031654
Italy0.772.824.32.2296817521
Cyprus1.252.239.47.22499
Latvia19.152.527.21.26590
Lithuania1.20.892.75.324527
Luxembourg06
Hungary3.443.449.93.3123417
Malta(6)0.040.949.110.1159258
Netherlands(7)11.437.343.47.955001047
Austria1.16.091.91.0164558
Poland
Portugal3.678.114.04.26472547
Romania6.754.932.65.834468
Slovenia(8)2.841.354.31.625424
Slovakia4.238.554.13.237721
Finland5.463.427.73.520212
Sweden12.742.537.37.568449
United Kingdom
Croatia2.030.363.74.0139436
Turkey
Norway
Total2.147.544.75.79574713307

Notes:

 Percentages are of clients whose status is known (n).               

 (1) Last data available refer to 2005 and to outpatient centres and low threshold agencies (aggregated data). Data do not cover Brussels Capital Region 

 (2) The category "never went to school" is not available, due to the obligation to visit school at least for 9 years, it can be assumed, that nearly nobody (very few exceptions) has not visited school at least for four years. Higher education is categorised along with a different variable that asks more for professional education, however, there are only very few cases with completed higher education (following the ISCED categories). 

 (3) - Primary level education is until the end of 9th grade, as from 9th grade the pupil ended the first stage of the schooling and can leave the school. "Vocational education" is taken as "the secondary level of education" as well as ended high-school is secondary level. "Higher education" consists of variables such as "professional higher education (applied higher education)", "higher education (diploma/bachelor's degree", "higher education (master degree)", "Phd/candidate". 

 (4) 261 new cases excluded as they are still in education. This is not possible to include these cases according to the maximum attained level of education as these clients are currently still in education. Also, it is not possible to directly record the maximum level of completed education based upon a client being still in education and 16 years old in our information system. In Ireland a person may generally completes secondary level between the ages of 17-19, however there are instances where people have completed their leaving cert aged 16. If a client is older and has returned to education, it would be impossible to infer a maximum level of completed education, for example a client aged 50 may have returned to education but their the maximum level of education completed to date could be any of the following: never completed primary level, primary, or secondary level. 

 (5) Last data available refer to 2007 and to outpatient and prisons treatment centres (aggregated data). 

 (6) Last data available refer to 2006. Data refer to Outpatient and specialised inpatient treatment centres, low-threshold agencies and units in prison. 

 (7) Data refer to outpatient treatment centres, inpatient treatment centres and low-threshold agencies (aggregated data). 

 (8) - Category "Never went to school/Never completed primary school" refers only to Never completed primary school.               

 See also ‘General notes for interpreting data’ on the Explanatory notes and help page

Sources:

 Reitox national reports 2009 — Table TDI — outpatient treatment centres. 

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