The effect of educational attainment on birthrate in Japan: an analysis using the census and the vital statistics from 2000 to 2020

Table 2 Birth rate (estimated number of births per 1,000 persons) by gender, year, and educational attainment for each age group

Educational attainment, year, and gender	Age group
Educational attainment, year, and gender	15–19	20–24	25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	45–49
Men
2000
Less than high school	15.6	84.5	96.9	79.6	45.8	16.3	5.3
High school	7.6	42.9	93.3	97.3	54.7	16.5	5.1
Technical school or junior college	-	29.5	81.1	94.3	58.4	18.5	5.9
University or more	-	10.1	47.0	82.3	53.3	17.2	5.4
2010
Less than high school	13.7	80.6	109.6	85.0	45.2	16.7	8.2
High school	6.3	41.1	94.4	93.9	49.3	17.2	7.2
Technical school or junior college	-	31.6	99.9	105.3	56.0	19.6	9.0
University or more	-	13.3	61.9	94.6	56.2	19.6	8.7
2020
Less than high school	11.1	76.0	94.7	78.3	49.6	18.6	8.0
High school	3.5	27.6	77.2	84.8	51.7	17.1	7.0
Technical school or junior college	-	22.1	82.6	105.8	63.5	20.8	8.4
University or more	-	7.3	52.3	96.7	62.0	21.7	9.5
Women
2000
Less than high school	62.0	111.2	98.3	77.5	37.3	5.8	0.2
High school	20.3	71.3	119.9	99.2	39.5	6.2	0.1
Technical school or junior college	-	29.7	87.7	92.1	42.6	6.9	0.2
University or more	-	9.8	45.6	75.3	43.3	7.5	0.2
2010
Less than high school	45.7	110.6	112.9	77.5	45.3	14.1	0.9
High school	18.8	66.7	115.0	96.4	49.6	11.4	0.3
Technical school or junior college	-	31.9	98.8	101.1	55.1	13.2	0.4
University or more	-	10.4	53.9	89.8	59.7	15.1	0.7
2020
Less than high school	31.7	100.4	108.1	82.6	47.2	14.5	0.5
High school	10.8	46.7	97.9	92.1	55.1	14.3	0.4
Technical school or junior college	0.0	24.6	93.9	107.7	65.6	16.2	0.6
University or more	-	6.6	50.7	97.2	69.0	21.2	1.0

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