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% of people with Phds

  • 03-10-2016 10:19am
    #1
    Zipppy
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    How would one find out the % of people who possess a Phd..(in ireland or worldwide)
    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    Tom Dunne
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    Central Statistics Office?


  • #3
    Sklarker
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    Its around 1% in Ireland according to CSO


  • #4
    Zipppy
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    Sklarker wrote:
    Its around 1% in Ireland according to CSO


    Thank you...I did look it up but found feck all...I mustn't be cut out for research lol


  • #5
    doc11
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    Sklarker wrote: »
    Its around 1% in Ireland according to CSO

    Sounds high at 40,000 phd holders in ireland? Essentially 1000 phds completed every year.


  • #6
    Sklarker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭Sklarker


    doc11 wrote:
    Sounds high at 40,000 phd holders in ireland? Essentially 1000 phds completed every year.

    Yes I thought it sounded high too. It's 1% of people who have 'completed their education' rather than 1% of the population. So around 22000


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