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The charts below give information about levels of education in Glasgow, a city in Scotland, in 2010.* The first chart, **“Education Levels by Age Group – Glasgow, 2010”**, presents information about three levels of education — **No Qualifications, School Certificate, and University Degree** — across five age groups. For the **16–24** age group, **9%** had no qualifications, **20%** had a school certificate, and **71%** had a university degree. For people aged **24–35**, **9%** had no qualifications, **15%** had a school certificate, and **76%** had a university degree. Among those aged **35–50**, **9%** had no qualifications, **20%** had a school certificate, and **71%** had a university degree. For the **50–75** age group, **30%** had no qualifications, **20%** had a school certificate, and **50%** had a university degree. Finally, among people aged **75 and over**, **72%** had no qualifications, **3%** had a school certificate, and **25%** had a university degree. The second chart, **“Education Levels by Gender in 2010 (any ages)”**, compares the educational levels of **women and men of all ages**. Among **women**, **38%** had no qualifications, **33%** had a school certificate, and **29%** had a university degree. Among **men**, **35%** had no qualifications, **33%** had a school certificate, and **32%** had a university degree.

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The charts below give information about levels of education in Glasgow, a city in Scotland, in 2010.* The first chart, **“Education Levels by Age Group – Glasgow, 2010”**, presents information about three levels of education — **No Qualifications, School Certificate, and University Degree** — across five age groups. For the **16–24** age group, **9%** had no qualifications, **20%** had a school certificate, and **71%** had a university degree. For people aged **24–35**, **9%** had no qualifications, **15%** had a school certificate, and **76%** had a university degree. Among those aged **35–50**, **9%** had no qualifications, **20%** had a school certificate, and **71%** had a university degree. For the **50–75** age group, **30%** had no qualifications, **20%** had a school certificate, and **50%** had a university degree. Finally, among people aged **75 and over**, **72%** had no qualifications, **3%** had a school certificate, and **25%** had a university degree. The second chart, **“Education Levels by Gender in 2010 (any ages)”**, compares the educational levels of **women and men of all ages**. Among **women**, **38%** had no qualifications, **33%** had a school certificate, and **29%** had a university degree. Among **men**, **35%** had no qualifications, **33%** had a school certificate, and **32%** had a university degree.
The bar and the pie charts compare the educational attainment among citizens of Glasgow in 2010.
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, the most striking figure illustrated by the bar chart is that
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 between 16 and 50 with a
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degree
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 aged 75 and over
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 register the highest percentage among
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 with no
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. On the one hand,
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 aged between 16 and 50 show similar patterns as the percentage of them holding a
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degree
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, a school certificate or no
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 at all, is kind of similar, fluctuating between 71 and 76% among the ones with a
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, between 15 and 20% between those with a school certificate, and,
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, remaining stable at 9% among the ones with no
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.
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, as
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 get older
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 percentage of them with no
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 at all keeps rising, going from 30% in
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 aged between 50-75, to ultimately reach 72% among those aged 75 and over.
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, the percentages of them holding both a school or a
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 certificate keep decreasing, going from 20% to 3% and from 50% to 25%, respectively.
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, the pie chart shows how both men and women record very similar education levels, with
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 slight differences among
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 holding a
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degree
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 and among those with no
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