Literal question
[Questions 4-28 were asked only of residents present at the time of the census.]
10. Level of education
[] 1 Pre-Primary
[] 2 Basic -- 1st degree
[] 3 Basic -- 2nd degree
[] 4 Secondary -- 1st degree
[] 5 Secondary -- 2nd degree
[] 7 Post-secondary
[] 8 Tertiary -- 1st and 2nd degree
[] 9 Tertiary -- 3rd and 4th degree
Interviewer instructions
Note: For individuals that reside elsewhere different from where they are staying at 0:00 o'clock of April 15, 1991, end the filling-in of the questionnaire here.
[Applies to questions 4-28]
Question 10: Level of education
The individual must indicate the highest level of education reached, even if he/she did not complete it and whether or not she is attending it.
Pre-Primary -- education level given to children 3 years old or younger and that are not on compulsory school age.
Basic -- 1st degree -- corresponds to the first four years of school.
Basic -- 2nd degree -- includes the fifth and sixth years of school.
Secondary -- 1st degree -- includes the seventh, eighth and ninth years of school.
Secondary -- 2nd degree -- includes the tenth, eleventh and twelfth years of school.
Post-secondary -- includes those situations of old courses of medium degree, like for example primary school teacher, old commercial studies, etc.
Tertiary -- 1st and 2nd degrees (Bac. and Lic.) -- includes bachelor and licentiate degrees
Tertiary -- 3rd and 4th degrees (Master and PhD.) -- Master and Doctor in Philosophy degrees
For individuals that attended or are attending professional courses, we can encounter one of the following two situations:
a) If the course has equivalence with the official education bureau, we assign the education level that corresponds to that course,
b) If the course has no equivalence with the official education bureau, we must assign the education level that the individual had before the course.
