Literal question
For the person who attends school
[Applies to questions 4.30 - 4.31]
4.30 What course do you attend?
[] 1 child care
[] 2 preschool
[] 3 literacy class
[] 4 adult literacy class
[] 5 basic instruction or 1st level - regular graded
[] 6 basic instruction or 1st level - regular non-graded
[] 7 supplemental (basic instruction or 1st level)
[] 8 midlevel instruction or 2nd level - regular graded
[] 9 midlevel instruction or 2nd level - regular non-graded
[] 10 supplemental (midlevel instruction or 2nd level)
[] 11 college entrance exam preparation course (pre-vestibular)
[] 12 superior - undergraduate
[] 13 masters or doctorate
Interviewer instructions
For Persons Who Attend School
[Applies to questions 4.30 - 4.31]
Question 4.30 - What course are you taking?
Mark, as the case may be:
1 - Day-care center - organized to give daytime assistance to children in the early years of life, whether such establishments are legally regulated or not;
2 - Pre-school - generally addressed to children under the age of seven (7); this type of school is referred to by several different names, depending on the region and level attained by the children: maternal, kindergarten, jardim, etc.
3 - Literacy class - a course aimed at teaching children to read and write;
4 - Adult literacy course - a course which has the purpose of teaching reading and writing to youth and adults.
5 - Regular elementary education or first level [grades 1-8] - organized by grades or years - a course in elementary or 1st level education, organized by annual grades;
6 - Regular elementary or first level education [grades 1-8]- not organized by grades or years - a course in elementary or 1st level education not organized into annual grades; that is, it is organized by a system of credits, academic periods, semesters, phases, modules, cycles, etc.;
7 - General education (elementary education or first level [grades 1-8]) - a general elementary education or 1st level course, whether organized by grades or years, or not;
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8 - Regular senior high school [grades 9-11] or second level school [grades 9-11] - organized by grades or years - courses in senior high school [grades 9-11] or 2nd level [grades 9-11], organized into annual grades;
9 - Regular senior high [grades 9-11] or second level school [grades 9-11]- not organized by grades or years - a course in senior high school [grades 9-11] or 2nd level [grades 9-11] not organized into annual grades; that is, it is organized by a system of credits, academic periods, semesters, phases, modules, cycles, etc.;
10 - General education (senior high school [grades 9-11] or second level [grades 9-11]) - a senior high school or 2nd level general education course [grades 9-11] organized by grades or years, or not;
11 - College entrance exam course - a course to prepare students to take entrance examinations for an undergraduate course (Exame Vestibular);
12 - Higher education - Under-Graduate
13 - Master's or doctor's degree - a master's or doctorate course, including persons registered in order to prepare theses.