Literal question
VI-A: All ages
[Questions 1-13.]
VI-B. Persons age 5 or older
[Questions 14-23.]
15. School status
[] 1 No school (skip to question 20)
[] 2 In school
[] 3 No longer in school
17. Level/grade of education ever attended
[Question 17 was asked of persons age 5 or older who have ever attended school, as per question 15.]
[] 1
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6
[] 7
[] 8 (completed)
Interviewer instructions
B. Sub Block VIb. For respondents age 5 or older
Question 15: School status
School status shall be as follows:
Never attended school: are those who never attended school, including those who have passed or never passed kindergarten and did not continue to elementary school.
Attending school are those who are still attending a formal school, starting from elementary, secondary or high school/equivalent.
No longer attending school are those who have attended elementary school, secondary or high school but during the enumeration are no longer attending a school.
If the answer in question 15 is coded 1 ("Never attended school"), continue to question 20. Leave questions 16 through 19 blank. If the answer is 2 or 3, then continue to question16.
Question 17: Highest year/grade ever attained/currently attending
Graduated is: has completed studies from a class/highest level of a school/education level and received a certificate/diploma either from a state or private school. A person who has not attended classes from a highest level of a school but has followed an examination and passed, is considered to be a graduate.
Explanation:
a. A person who has graduated from any formal education level is coded 8 ("Graduated").
b. A person who is attending a master program is coded 6
c. A person who is attending a doctoral program is coded 7
d. A person who is attending a Diploma I program is coded 1; if he/she has graduated, he/she is coded 8
e. A person who is attending the first year of a Diploma II program is coded 1; if he/she has graduated, he/she is coded 8
Note
For those who attend a university that uses the Credit Point System, information on the level/class that is currently attended can be obtained by asking extra questions as follows: "How many credit points have you achieved?" As guidance, a year is valued at 30 credits, so in order to determine how many levels/classes have been passed, please use the following conversion guide:
Total credit points achieved attending level/class:
0-30 credits = 1
31-60 credits = 2
61-90 credits = 3
91-120 credits = 4
121+ credits = 5
Example: if 57 credit points have been reached, then the respondent is in grade 2.
