Interviewer instructions
Second block of questions: only for persons 5 years old or older
As was said when beginning this thematic division, the second block of the population questionnaire is formed by questions 7, 8 and 9.
All of these questions are applied only to members of the household who are 5 years old or older. If a person that you enumerate is less than 5 years old, you should cross out the whole block with two diagonally crossed lines and marked in such a manner that it crosses from corner to corner the whole block, continuing to fill out the population form corresponding to the following person.
Question 9: Educational level
The level of instruction of a person corresponds to the highest passed year of study within the highest education cycle that has been studied in the regular system of education.
[Below the text is a form.]
It is advisable that you ask the question as it is asked in the form, but you can add a "that is to say" or a "that is" and continue the question according to the case. What is the last year or grade that you took in school, secondary school or the university?
You should find out what was the last year or grade that they really passed and not what they are taking in school, secondary school or the university. If the person tells you none, then simply mark the circle preceded by the words "No grade". If they tell you the first grade of school or the second or the third, etc. then you should mark with an X the circle that follows the word "Primary" and write down the number 1, 2, 3, etc. in the open little box that follows. As you know here you should only write down up to the number 6, since primary school only goes to the sixth grade. In the case of "Secondary or middle education", the number of years up to 5 or 6 and in "University" it can go up to 9 years. In each situation you should always mark with an X the corresponding circle and then the number of the year passed. If the highest level is "equivalence" (bachillerato por madurez), "25" is written down.
In a similar manner certificates of primary education are written down.
The equivalence in the current system of education is the following:
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Preschool.
Primary:
I Cycle: First, second and third grade.
II Cycle: Fourth, fifth and sixth grade.
Secondary:
III Cycle: First, second and third year.
IV Cycle or diversified education: Forth, fifth and sixth year.
Cycles I, II and III constitute "General Basic Education".
