Table 2

Parental educational level by county


Counties



Attica*
(n = 1257)
Etoloakarnania
(n = 449)
Halkidiki
(n = 319)
Helia
(n = 155)
Thessalonica*
(n = 194)

n
(%)
n
(%)
n
(%)
n
(%)
n
(%)

Father's educational level










      Illiterate- elementary
35
(2.7)
43
(9.6)
32
(10.1)
7
(4.4)
5
(2.5)
      Junior high school
57
(4.5)
62
(13.7)
60
(18.7)
31
(20.3)
25
(13.1)
      High school
450
(35.8)
186
(41.5)
114
(35.9)
59
(38.0)
62
(31.7)
      Further education
715
(56.9)
158
(35.2)
113
(35.3)
55
(37.3)
102
(52.8)
Mother's educational level










      Illiterate- elementary
19
(1.5)
29
(6.5)
7
(2.1)
7
(4.5)
9
(4.5)
      Junior high school
50
(4.0)
44
(9.8)
40
(12.6)
14
(8.9)
16
(8.5)
      High school
370
(29.4)
178
(39.7)
116
(36.5)
53
(34.4)
48
(24.5)
      Further education
818
(65.1)
198
(44.0)
156
(48.8)
81
(52.2)
121
(62.5)

The sampling was random, multistage and stratified by parental educational level according to data provided by the National Statistical Service of Greece (Census of 1999).

*: "Large Urban Areas"

: "Urban Areas" and "Rural Areas and Small Towns"

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