This graph shows the percentage of students enrolled at university in France during the academic year 2015-2016, distributed by social background. The survey reveals that 38 percent of the respondents declared having a social background of working class, whereas 35 percent of them answered they were from the upper class.
Percentage of students enrolled at universities in France during the academic year 2015-2016, distributed by social background*
Students registered at university during the academic year 2015-2016; Metropolitan France
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* The source adds the following information: According to the father's profession and, in the absence of available information, of the mother: "working class" (French in the survey: "populaire"): worker, employee, foreman, supervisor, supervisor and technician
"middle class" (French in the survey: "moyenne"): farmer, artisan, shopkeeper, intermediate occupation and middle executive
"upper class" (French in the survey: "élevée"): executive, professional, business manager
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Observatoire national de la vie étudiante. (November 5, 2018). Percentage of students enrolled at universities in France during the academic year 2015-2016, distributed by social background* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/942695/students-at-university-by-social-background-france/
Observatoire national de la vie étudiante. "Percentage of students enrolled at universities in France during the academic year 2015-2016, distributed by social background*." Chart. November 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/942695/students-at-university-by-social-background-france/
Observatoire national de la vie étudiante. (2018). Percentage of students enrolled at universities in France during the academic year 2015-2016, distributed by social background*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/942695/students-at-university-by-social-background-france/
Observatoire national de la vie étudiante. "Percentage of Students Enrolled at Universities in France during The Academic Year 2015-2016, Distributed by Social Background*." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/942695/students-at-university-by-social-background-france/
Observatoire national de la vie étudiante, Percentage of students enrolled at universities in France during the academic year 2015-2016, distributed by social background* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/942695/students-at-university-by-social-background-france/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Percentage of students enrolled at universities in France during the academic year 2015-2016, distributed by social background* [Graph], Observatoire national de la vie étudiante, November 5, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/942695/students-at-university-by-social-background-france/
