Interviewer instructions
[Questions 15 and 16 were asked to individuals 10 years of age and older]
Question No. 16: What degree or diploma do you have?
[Questions 15 and 16 were asked to persons 10 years old and over.]
This question allows us to know or examine the correspondence between the supply and demand of skilled labor force with determined specialties in the market.
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Write in the space provided the diploma or degree that the person has obtained. The diplomas or degrees refer to those that people obtain through courses of study in fulltime or partial time programs, whether in regular education or not, within or outside of the country.
If the person claims to have received only a primary school certificate, a first cycle of basic education certificate or a general certificate, mark circle "none".
If the respondent states that she has a degree earned in a vocational school, write it down.
In the case of people who have multiple titles, write down the one that she considers the most important or the highest level.
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Examples of filling out questions 13, 14, 15 and 16:
Example No. 1:
Mrs. Laura states that she obtained her certificate of the first cycle but, because of difficulties with her economic situation, she had to enter a vocational school where she obtained the degree of dressmaker and currently is working at this position.
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Example No. 2:
Her daughter, who lives with her, is taking university classes in pedagogics to be a professor; she already graduated as a Licenciada [undergraduate degree] in accounting (5 years).
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Example No. 3:
Esteban is 25 years old, finished 6th, but because there was no secondary school close to where he lived when he was a child, he did not continue studying. He does not have any interest in continuing to study.
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Example of Section V: Alejandra is twelve years old and is in the second year of secondary school or eighth grade of basic education.
