For mortgage-style loans (those startingtheir course before 1998-99), borrowers who have finished paying off their loanstake an average time to repay of (a) 5.21 years for women and (b) 5.44 years formen.As an example of repayment timeson the newer income contingent loans (those starting their course in 1998-99 orlater) for 2005 graduates commencing repayment in 2006, the forecast average lengthof time to repay a student loan for (a) women, is approximately 14.9 years and (b)men, is approximately 10.6 years.The times taken for each typeof loan are not comparable...