Literal question
[Questions 16-24 relate to persons aged 15 years and over]</p>
<p>Education received [Q.16 and Q.17] (to be completed only for person's whose full-time education has ceased)</p>
<p>Q.17 What is the highest level of education (full-time or part-time) that was actually completed?</p>
<div class="i1">Insert a check mark in the appropriate box.<br /><br />[] 1 No formal education<br />[] 2 Primary education<br />[] 3 Lower secondary (intermediate certificate, group certificate, "O" levels)<br /><br />Upper secondary:<br />[] 4 Technical or vocational<br />[] 5 Leaving certificate<br />[] 6 Both technical/vocational course and leaving certificate<br /><br />Third level:<br />[] 7 Sub-degree qualification<br />[] 8 Primary university degree<br />[] 9 Professional qualification (of degree status at least)<br />[] 10 Both a degree and a professional qualification<br />[] 11 Post-graduate degree</div><span class="em">Explanatory notes</span></p>
<p>Question 17: Education received (highest level of education completed)</p>
<div class="i1">Persons who received their education when institutional arrangements were different to those currently in place or who were not educated in Ireland should select an equivalent option.<br /><br />(i) Box 2 should be selected for a person who has attended some form of specialized education. Schooling for handicapped children should be taken as having the equivalent to Primary.<br />(ii) Box 2 should be selected for a person who has attended Primary level only. Moreover, without sitting for the Intermediate Certificate, Group Certificate or '0', box 2 should be selected for a person who attended a second level school but dropped out Levels.<br />(iii) A person who sat for the Intermediate Certificate, Group Certificate results achieved or '0' (but no higher level) should select box 3 irrespective of the Levels.<br />(iv) Completing an apprenticeship should be regarded as equivalent to completing a technical or vocational education at the second level, and box 4 should be selected. However, if the apprenticeship was completed in addition to the Leaving Certificate, then Box 6 should be selected.<br />(v) A person who sat for the Leaving Certificate (but who completed no further course) should select box 5 irrespective of the results achieved.<br />(vi) A person who attempted a third level course but did not obtain the certificate, diploma or degree in question should select the appropriate box for the upper secondary level.<br />(vii) A sub-degree qualification at the third level (i.e., box 7) should be selected for a person who obtained a certificate/diploma (not equivalent to a university degree) from a course for which the entry requirement was the completion of the upper secondary level to a certain minimum standard.<br />(viii) A post-graduate degree refers to a degree at the masters or higher level. A person with a post-graduate diploma such as the higher diploma in education (but without a masters or higher-level degree) should select box 8 for Census purposes.</div>
