Literal question
[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]
Education
[Question 8-12]
[Questions 9-12 are asked only of persons age 15+ who ever attended school, per question 8]
9. How many years of schooling have you had? _ _
[Specify] number of years you studied.
If you are studying now -- include current year.
Do not include: a year of studies which you did not complete in the past or courses lasting less than a year.
Interviewer instructions
11. Question 9 -- explanations: Total years of schooling
[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 9.]
A. Write the total number of years, including all kinds of school the person attended.
For example: if a person studied in elementary school abroad for 8 years, then studied high school in Israel and then studied in university for 2 years, the total years studied is 14.
B. For persons studying at the time of the census, count the current year as well -- do not count the current year when stopped studying this year.
For example: a person who studied 8 years in elementary school and is about to complete his/her third year of study in a vocational school will write 11 years.
C. The following should not be included in the total of years studied:
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Additional year of study in the same grade (for persons who repeated a year of school).
Unfinished year of study in the past.
Years of study in programs not regarded as school (see explanations for question 8).
