Literal question
[Questions 9-12 are for persons age 5 or older]
11a. What is the last grade or highest school year passed?
[] 1 Nursery/kindergarten (go to questions 11d.) ____
[] 2 Primary or basic (go to questions 11d.) ____
[] 3 Secondary education [educación media] ____
[] 4 Short course of studies after the sixth grade leading to a degree ____
[] 5 Non-university, higher education ____
[] 6 University-level technical studies [técnico universitaria] ____
[] 7 Advanced university [superior universitaria] ____
[] 8 Master's ____
[] 9 Doctorate ____
11b: Have you completed your high school, technical, university, master's or doctorate degree?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
Interviewer instructions
[Questions 9-12 are for persons age 5 or older]
Question 10: Do you attend or did you attend a school?
This question refers to attendance at a school belonging to the regular system.
Do not include attendance at classes in cosmetology, tailoring and dressmaking, computing, work-place training, adult education, etc.
Currently attends:
This is for persons who are studying during the [school] year even though they may be on vacation, waiting for final exams or between semesters (in the case of university students).
Is not attending but attended:
This is for two situations. The first is one in which the person studied for either a short course of studies leading to a degree or long course of studies leading to a degree and finished it. The other is for a situation in which the person attended at least one grade of primary, secondary or higher education but did not complete a degree.
Never attended:
This is for people who never attended school. Skip to number 12 for people who choose this option.
