Table 6 Students who enrolled in nursing, foundation programme for the first time 2005, and awarded qualifications at 1 october 2010, by gender and parents´ level of education

6 Students who enrolled in nursing, 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 nursing, foundation programme		Not completed nursing, 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	4 186	100	58	20	3	2	4	5	7
Men	573	100	54	15	2	2	5	9	12
Women	3 613	100	59	21	3	2	4	4	6

Parents' level of education
Tertiary education, long³	332	100	65	13	3	4	6	4	6
Tertiary education, short⁴	1 105	100	63	18	3	3	5	4	4
Upper secondary education	2 095	100	58	21	3	1	3	5	8
Lower secondary education	423	100	50	27	4	1	2	7	10
Unknown	231	100	42	24	5	2	6	9	13

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.