Data set from Participation measures in higher education

Sex - previous methodology

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Published 29 January 2026

Last updated 29 January 2026

HE participation by ages 25, 20 and 30 (CHEP-25, CHEP-20, CHEP-30) by sex (previous methodology)

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Data set details

• Theme: Higher education
• Publication: Participation measures in higher education
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Number of rows: 117
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Entrants
  • Rate
  • School census population
• Filters:
  • Entry age
  • Sex
• Time period: 2001/02 to 2018/19

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	entry_age	sex	entrants	sc_population	rate
200102	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	by Age 20	Male	85739	285018	30.1
200203	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	by Age 20	Male	89220	292493	30.5
200304	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	by Age 20	Male	93404	300495	31.1
200405	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	by Age 20	Male	95939	297115	32.3
200506	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	by Age 20	Male	101186	303251	33.4

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 5 variables

Variable name	Variable description
entrants	Entrants
entry_age	Entry age
rate	Rate
sc_population	School census population
sex	Sex

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