Average Tertiary Schooling Years for Adults Aged 40-44

Average years of tertiary schooling completed among the total population aged 40-44. The data is produced by the Barro-Lee project and disseminated by the World Bank's Education Statistics. It provides a measure of higher education attainment for a specific age cohort over time.

Use Cases

• Model the relationship between a country's tertiary schooling years for 40-44 year olds and economic growth indicators.
• Analyze trends in the 'average years of tertiary schooling' metric over time to assess the expansion of higher education access.
• Compare the 'total' population values for the 40-44 age cohort against values for male/female sub-groups to study gender gaps in higher education.
• Use the cohort-specific measure as a predictor in studies on intergenerational mobility or labor market outcomes.

Strengths

• Provides a standardized, internationally comparable metric for higher education attainment.
• Focuses on a specific, stable age cohort (40-44) for consistent longitudinal analysis.

Limitations

• The specific row count, time range, and geographic coverage of this dataset series are unknown.
• Data is an average for a 5-year age group, masking variation within the cohort.

Provenance

Source

World Bank (Education Statistics), based on the Barro-Lee dataset.

Collection Method

Estimated from census/survey data on educational attainment.