Interviewer instructions
Enter in column 9 only the code corresponding to the highest grade completed of members 5 years old and over as follows:
00 No grade completed
01 Elementary Undergraduate
02 Elementary Graduate
03 High School Undergraduate
04 High School Graduate
05 College Undergraduate
06 College Graduate
99 Not Reported
For college graduates, the degree and field of study must be specified.
For a HH member who has completed a college or higher degree, specify in words the degree which he has obtained as for example B.S. Agriculture, B.S. Statistics, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, A.B. Economics (Bachelor of Arts in Economics), MDE (Master in Development Economics), among others.
Do not consider vocational or technical courses which any member has taken. What is asked here is the person's highest attainment in the formal educational system.
For persons who still go to school, be sure to record the highest educational level he has attained and not the level he is currently enrolled in. For example, a person who is currently a Freshman high school student should be reported as Elementary Graduate, with code 02 in column 7.
For those who pursued and completed two or more degrees of the same level and duration, report only one degree or whichever is preferred to be reported.
Note that Elementary Teacher's Certificate (ETC) and Associate in Arts (AA) are not Bachelor's degrees. Persons with these as their highest attainment should be coded “05”, for college undergraduate.
