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4. Buddhist educational attainment
Young Buddhist women have closed gender gap in higher education
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- 4. Buddhist educational attainment
- Among Buddhists in Asia-Pacific, growing variation in levels of post-secondary attainment
- In U.S., Buddhist men have surpassed women in higher education
- In Asia, Buddhist women have nearly equaled men in educational attainment
- As Buddhist women make large gains, gender gap in average years of schooling has nearly vanished
- Asia-Pacific saw largest drop in share of Buddhists with no formal schooling
- Share of Buddhists with no schooling dropped by 11 points across generations
- Latin American Buddhists made largest gains in average years of schooling
- Latin American Buddhists made largest gains in average years of schooling
- Young Buddhists have two and a half more years of schooling, on average, than oldest generation
- Globally, nine-in-ten Buddhists have at least some formal schooling
- Buddhists are highly educated in countries outside of Asia-Pacific region
- Buddhists have 7.9 years of schooling, on average, worldwide
- Young Buddhist women have closed gender gap in higher education