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Table 2 Trends in the graduate labour market between 1997/2001 and 2006/2012 by gender and age (in %)

From: The changing graduate labour market: analysis using a new indicator of graduate jobs

 

Employed in graduate jobs

Graduates in employed labour force

Graduates in non-graduate jobs

 

1997/2001

2006/2012

1997/2001

2006/2012

1997/2001

2006/2012

Men

34.1

41.1

31.4

41.7

30.5

31.7

(0.932)

(1.003)

(0.916)

(1.023)

(1.647)

(1.596)

Women

28.3

41.1

28.3

43.1

27.2

29.1

(0.943)

(0.994)

(0.943)

(1.001)

(1.833)

(1.446)

Ages 25–39

30.3

41.9

30.4

48.9

31.9

32.0

(0.936)

(1.172)

(0.955)

(1.190)

(1.811)

(1.690)

Ages 40–60

32.5

40.5

29.5

37.5

26.5

29.0

(0.943)

(0.876)

(0.911)

(0.871)

(1.652)

(1.377)

Total

31.5

41.1

30.0

42.3

29.1

30.5

(0.666)

(0.708)

(0.659)

(0.719)

(1.226)

(1.086)

N (total)

6436

8693

6436

8693

1939

3374

  1. Note: Population averages. Standard errors in parentheses. Source: SES 1997–2012