People with higher education have a significantly higher life expectancy. This was the result of a survey by Statistics Austria. Today, 35-year-old men with a university degree are on average 84 years old, those with compulsory schooling only 76. For women, the difference is not quite as big, but at 87 to 83 years it is still clear.
The difference in life expectancy between the lowest and highest completed school education was 6.3 years for men and 3.4 years for women in 2015; in 2021 it rose to 7.6 years for men and 4.1 years for women. From 2020 to 2021, life expectancy only increased among male academics; it fell or stagnated in all other educational groups.
education and number of children
The average number of children per woman also differs depending on the level of education. Between 2015 and 2021, women with AHS, BHS or college degrees consistently have the lowest total fertility rate, while women without any education beyond compulsory school have the highest. While compulsory school graduates had an average of 1.66 children in 2021, this number was 1.31 for women with AHS, BHS or college degrees.
However, a certain trend reversal can be seen here. In 2015 and 2016, the fertility rate for women who had completed compulsory school was exactly two children, since then it has been falling. For all other educational qualifications, on the other hand, fertility tends to increase over time, especially among women with a university degree.
The average fertility age for women with compulsory education was 29.2 years in 2021 and increased with higher educational attainment. Female academics were on average 33.9 years old when their child was born.
2023-09-04 12:10:16
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