Table 6 Students who enrolled in nursing, foundation programme for the first time 2006, and awarded qualifications at 1 october 2011, by gender and parents´ level of education

6 Students who enrolled in nursing, foundation programme for the first time 2006¹, and awarded qualifications at 1 october 2011, by gender and parents´ level of education
Gender and parents´ level of education	Total	Total	Completed nursing, foundation programme		Not completed nursing, foundation programme

Gender and parents´ level of education	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 1.10.2011	Dropped out within first year	Dropped out after the first year or within final year

		Per cent
Both sexes, total	3 974	100	61	18	3	2	4	6	6
Men	510	100	48	17	4	4	6	10	11
Women	3 464	100	63	18	2	2	4	5	6

Parents' level of education
Tertiary education, long³	319	100	67	12	2	3	6	5	5
Tertiary education, short⁴	1 095	100	65	16	2	3	5	4	5
Upper secondary education	1 974	100	61	18	3	2	3	6	6
Lower secondary education	381	100	54	21	2	2	3	7	10
Unknown	205	100	41	29	6	0	4	10	9

¹	From 1.10.2005 to 30.9.2006.
²	Calculation of "number of years":5 years = - 64 months.
³	Longer than 4 years.
⁴	2-4 years.