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Employment rate, by highest level of education attained  

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The indicator is calculated by dividing the number of employed people within age group 20-64 years having attained a specific level of education, by the total population of the same age group.

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/web/table/description.jsp [2]
(Retrieved: 26 January 2015)

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

Percentage (%)

Link to Data: 

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do [3]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Statistical office [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Germany
Denmark
Estonia
Spain
Finland
France
Croatia
Hungary
Ireland
Iceland
Italy
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Macedonia
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Sweden
Slovenia
Slovakia
Turkey

Geographical Level: 

  • National [5]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EU Eurostat SDI Indicators [6]
  • European System of Social Indicators [7]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [8]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
Employment rate, by sex, age group 20-64 [9]
Relationship explanation: 
Data of employment rate by different category
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator

Temporal Coverage: 

1992 to 2014

Frequency of Updates: 

  • quarterly [10]

Indicator developer: 

Eurostat

Link to Methodology: 

EU labour force survey - methodology [11]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Single [12]

Data quality assesment: 

  • Assessed by statistical office [13]

Publishing delay: 

  • 1-3 years [14]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Quality report of the European Union Labour Force Survey 2013 [15]

Contribution to the green economy: 

Employment and education effect social justice, quality of life and economic sustainability and resilience; therefore directly impact Green Economy.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [16]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the employment rate by education corresponding to the educational level within society?
Related Indicator: 
Education attainment: Lower primary; Upper secondary; Tertiary [17]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the employment indicator for the age group 20-64 performing well, but there are big differences between the specific age groups?
Related Indicator: 
Unemployment rate, by age group     [18]
Potential misinterpretation: 
A high employment rate does not necessarily mean that the rate of newly created, unoccupied, or about to become vacant, posts is high.
Related Indicator: 
Job vacancy rate [19]
Potential misinterpretation: 
A high employment rate does not necessarily mean that employees are satisfied with their jobs.
Related Indicator: 
Satisfaction with working conditions [20]
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/employment-rate-highest-level-education-attained-%C2%A0

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/883
[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/web/table/description.jsp
[3] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugin=1&pcode=tsdec430&language=en
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/45
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/67
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/74
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/employment-rate-by%C2%A0sex-age-group-20-64
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/16
[11] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/EU_labour_force_survey_-_methodology
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/27
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/38
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/25
[15] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3888793/6194252/KS-TC-14-010-EN-N.pdf/39a79a33-4442-49b6-b83f-f0a5e81b02ef
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[17] https://measuring-progress.eu/education-attainment-lower-primary-upper-secondary-tertiary
[18] https://measuring-progress.eu/unemployment-rate-age-group-%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0
[19] https://measuring-progress.eu/job-vacancy-rate
[20] https://measuring-progress.eu/satisfaction-working-conditions