Table 7 Students who enrolled in pre-school teacher, foundation programme for the first time 2005, and awarded qualifications at 1 october 2010, by gender and parents´ level of education

7 Students who enrolled in pre-school teacher, foundation programme for the first time 2005¹, and awarded qualifications at 1 october 2010, by gender and parents´ level of education
Gender and parents´ level of education	Absolute figures	Per cent

	Total	Total	Completed pre-school teacher, foundation programme		Not completed pre-school teacher, foundation programme
	Total	Total	Completed within 3 years	Completed within 5 years²	Still in the same course of study	Awarded another qualification	In a different course of study in higher education 1.10.2010	Dropped out within first year	Dropped out after the first year or within final year

Both sexes, total	1 940	100	51	18	3	3	4	11	12
Men	283	100	42	11	2	2	7	12	23
Women	1 657	100	52	19	3	3	3	10	10

Parents' level of education
Tertiary education, long³	95	100	56	11	2	4	7	8	12
Tertiary education, short⁴	504	100	56	16	3	2	3	9	11
Upper secondary education	1 055	100	49	18	2	3	4	11	12
Lower secondary education	221	100	46	18	3	3	5	12	13
Unknown	65	100	32	28	6	-	6	8	20

¹	From 1.10.2004 to 30.9.2005.
²	Calculation of "number of years": 5 years = - 64 months.
³	Longer than 4 years.
⁴	2-4 years.