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 11a: What is the last grade or highest school year that you passed?
Write the level number that corresponds to the information provided, taking into account whether or not they have passed at least one year within the level stated and according to the following categories:
Nursery/kindergarten:
Pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and pre-primary
Primary or basic:
This category includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grades. Seventh, eighth and ninth grades correspond to the last three grades of first, second and third years of the Basic Plan under the previous system.
[If you marked any of the previous categories, go to question 11d]
Secondary education [educación media]:
This level includes persons who are studying or have completed studies for the current diversified high school diploma [bachilleratos diversificados], and those who studied under the old system for a high school diploma in arts and sciences. It also includes accountants, primary school teachers, business secretaries, agricultural technicians, nurses and other studies which require or required passing the Basic Plan.
Short course of studies after the sixth grade leading to a degree:
This is for the short course of studies which was completed simply by passing sixth grade, such as bookkeeper, office technician, industrial Basic Plan or other vocational studies.
Non-university higher education:
This level is made up of people who studied or are studying in institutions which required or require a high-school diploma (or teacher's degree), such as technological institutes, National Agronomy School, (ENA) San Jose of the Mountain Seminary, Superior Normal School, School of Social Work and others.
University-level technical studies:
This refers to degrees which are granted by universities, such as teaching professions; nursing; and technicians in a variety of areas.
Advanced university:
These are people who study or have studied to complete degree requirements in one of the universities, or who have an academic title such as doctor, engineer, economist, dentist, etc.
Master's:
This refers to advanced studies leading to a specialization. It has as a prerequisite the completion of university studies leading to a bachelor's degree or a degree in engineering, architecture, etc. This person is studying or has studied to earn a Master's degree (Master of Science).
Doctorate:
This refers to higher-level studies leading to a specialization. It has as a prerequisite having finished a master's degree.
