Issp standard Background Variables

DEGREE “Education II: categories”

1. Measurement goal

The aim of this variable is to measure the highest completed education level/degree of the respondent in order to facilitate international comparison.

2. Filtering questions/respondent universe

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3. Variable definition/code list

DEGREE “Education II: categories”
0 No formal qualification

1 Lowest formal qualification attainable

2 Intermediary secondary completed (qualifications which are above the lowest qualification, but below the usual entry requirement for universities)

3 Higher secondary completed (usual entry requirements for universities: the German Abitur, the French Bac, English A-level, etc.)

4 University degree incomplete (qualifications which are above the higher secondary level, but BELOW a full university degree; also including completed degrees from a Polytechnic college, e.g. in Germany or Spain)

5 University degree completed

9 No answer

4. Example question text(s)

Derived variable

5. Coding & classification instructions

The DEGREE of education must be asked country-specific. Do not use the ISSP categories given here in your field questionnaires! The harmonised ISSP categories must be computed from the country-specific degrees (nat_DEGREE). Correspondence lists between country-specific categories and categories of the ISSP DEGREE variable must be reported in detail in the BV documentation template.

6. Other comments

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