Literal question
[Ask of] ALL aged 5 years or more
P-17. Level of education
_ _ What is the highest level of education that (the person) has completed?
99 = No schooling
00 = Grade 0
01 = Grade 1/Sub A
02 = Grade 2/Sub B
03 = Grade 3/Standard 1
04 = Grade 4/Standard 2
05 = Grade 5/Standard 3
06 = Grade 6/Standard 4
07 = Grade 7/Standard 5
08 = Grade8/Standard 6/Form 1
09 = Grade9/Standard 7/Form 2
10 = Grade 10/Standard 8/Form 3/NTCI
11 = Grade 11/Standard 9/Form 4/NTCII
12 = Grade 12/Standard10/Form 5/Matric./NTCIII
13 = Certificate with less than Grade 12
14 = Diploma with less than Grade 12
15 = Certificate with Grade 12
16 = Diploma with Grade 12
17 = Bachelors Degree
18 = Bachelors Degree and Diploma
19 = Honours degree
20 = Higher Degree (Masters, Doctorate)
21 = Other
22 = Don't know
If categories 99 or 00-12 go to P-18
Interviewer instructions
Question P-17 -- Level of education
Ask for all persons aged 5 years and over.
Question 17 has two parts, 17 and 17a. Only those people who indicate that they have a post-school qualification in Question 17 will answer 17a.
P-17 "What is the highest level of education that (the person) has completed?"
Read the categories to the respondent.
In this question we are interested in the highest level of education that the person has completed, not the level they are currently studying. Thus a pupil at school who is in Grade 9 has completed Grade 8.
Note that formal schooling starts from Grade 1, while Grade 0 means the year just before Grade 1, that is, the last year of pre-school. If currently in Grade 0, write "99". For a child currently in Grade 1, write "00" or "99", depending on whether the child attended Grade 0 or not.
If the person has not attended school, this should also be recorded as "99".
Diplomas and certificates must be at least six months full-time study or equivalent. NTC 1 stands for the National Technical Certificate on first year level. Probe about post-school diplomas/certificates. If a person say that he/she has completed a certificate or diploma, like MCSE, computer or secretarial courses, or a course in typing, welding, etc, ask how long it took to complete.
The next question, 17a, concerns the field of post-school education so some people will skip this question:
If the respondent chose one of the codes in the first column skip P-17a and go to P-18.
If the respondent chose one of the codes in the second column, other than 21 or 22, go to P-17a.
