Table 3.3.2
Percentage distribution of the labour force populations aged 16 to 65 years with low earnings by education level, document skills, Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) 2003 and 2008
| Half the median earnings or less | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level of education | ||||||
| Less than upper secondary | Upper secondary | Higher than upper secondary | ||||
| per cent | standard error | per cent | standard error | per cent | standard error | |
| Bermuda | 23.2 | (3.5) | 20.2 | (2.4) | 13.4 | (1.5) |
| Canada | 45.4 | (1.8) | 32.2 | (1.4) | 14.9 | (0.8) |
| Hungary | 19.7 | (2.7) | 8.4 | (0.8) | 4.9 | (1.2) |
| Italy | 14.1 | (1.4) | 9.2 | (1.1) | 6.4 | (1.3) |
| Netherlands | 35.4 | (2.2) | 24.7 | (2.0) | 11.7 | (1.0) |
| New Zealand | 34.5 | (1.6) | 32.6 | (1.8) | 18.4 | (1.0) |
| Norway | 30.8 | (1.8) | 28.6 | (1.2) | 16.9 | (1.0) |
| Switzerland | 57.3 | (3.8) | 26.5 | (0.8) | 7.9 | (1.5) |
| United States | 51.7 | (3.0) | 25.7 | (1.6) | 11.8 | (1.1) |
| Source: Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, 2003 and 2008. | ||||||
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