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===Denmark=== In Denmark, during the late 1990s, the percentage of students continuing their education directly after high school was down to 25%. Along with this drop, there was a rise in the number of students enrolling and graduating within ten years of finishing high school.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sievertsen |first1=Hans Henrik |title=From Birth to Graduation |url=https://www.econ.ku.dk/forskning-og-publikationer/Publikationer/ph.d_serie_2007-/Ph.D.169.pdf |website=econ.ku.dk |publisher=University of Copenhagen |access-date=20 September 2018 |location=Copenhagen, Denmark |page=111 |archive-date=20 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920045744/https://www.econ.ku.dk/forskning-og-publikationer/Publikationer/ph.d_serie_2007-/Ph.D.169.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Data also shows that women in Denmark take more gap years than men.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sievertsen |first1=Hans Henrik |title=From Birth to Graduation |url=https://www.econ.ku.dk/forskning-og-publikationer/Publikationer/ph.d_serie_2007-/Ph.D.169.pdf |website=econ.ku.dk |publisher=University of Copenhagen |access-date=20 September 2018 |location=Copenhagen, Denmark |pages=113–114 |archive-date=20 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920045744/https://www.econ.ku.dk/forskning-og-publikationer/Publikationer/ph.d_serie_2007-/Ph.D.169.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2018, a record low of 15% of that year's high school graduates had chosen to continue their education directly after graduation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tv2east.dk/artikel/rekordfaa-studenter-laeser-videre-med-det-samme/ |title=Rekordfå studenter læser videre med det samme |trans-title= Record few graduates continue their education immediately |language=da |date=11 June 2019 |publisher= [[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV2]] |access-date=16 July 2019}}</ref> [[Denmark]] has sought to limit the number of students who take a year out, penalizing students who delay their education to travel abroad or work full-time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20041129/danmark/111290231/ |title=Sabbatår - sundt eller skadeligt? |trans-title=Sabbatical - healthy or harmful? |language=da |last=Andersen |first=Lars Otto |date=29 November 2004 |newspaper=[[Berlingske Tidende]] |access-date=19 November 2009}}</ref> In 2006, it was announced that fewer students than before had taken a year out.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.s-fou.dk/page.php?pagegroupid=2&id=149 |title=Stadigt yngre studerende med færre sabbatår starter på universiteterne |work=Universitet og Bygningsstyrelsen, [[Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education (Denmark)|Ministeriet for Videnskab, teknologi og Udvikling]] |language=da |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130913/http://www.s-fou.dk/page.php?pagegroupid=2&id=149 |archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> In April 2009, the [[Danish government]] proposed a new law that gives a bonus to students who refrain from a year out.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jp.dk/uknews/article1684210.ece |title=Committee proposes cash incentives for speedy students |date=5 May 2009 |work=[[Jyllands-Posten]] |agency=[[The Copenhagen Post]] |access-date=19 November 2009 |archive-date=24 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124204651/http://jp.dk/uknews/article1684210.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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