The link between education and liberal socio-cultural values is one of the most well-established in the social sciences.
In Britain, this “educational gap” in cultural attitudes manifests itself largely in terms of a divide between university graduates and non-graduates. Those who have studied at university are, on average, considerably more culturally liberal than those who have not.
The graph below uses data from the British Household Panel and Understanding Society surveys to show that British graduates tend to be more gender egalitarian and environmentally friendly than their less educated counterparts.
