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Table 2 Classification of education levels

From: Fixed-term contract positions, unemployment and mental ill health: a Danish cohort study

The present study

The Danish education registers

Low

10 Primary and lower secondary education

Medium

20 Upper secondary education

30 Basic vocational education

35 Qualifying vocational education

40 Short-term tertiary education

High

50 Medium-term tertiary education

60 Bachelors degree

70 Masters degree or equivalent tertiary education level

80 Doctoral degree or equivalent tertiary education level

Unstated

Unstated