CSAL Phase 1 Canadian Demographic Survey (Question 28)

CSAL Item Number: 28

CSAL Question: I would now like to ask you some questions about your education. Looking at this card, what is the highest level of education you have completed?

CSAL Response Options: 1=Pre-primary or no schooling, 2=Grades 1-6, 3=Grades 7-9, 4=High school diploma, 5=Pre-associate education. Attended trade school, college, or university, no certificate or degree received, 6=A certificate from a college or trade school for completion of a program prior to the associate/bachelor degree, 7=Associate degree, 8=Bachelor’s degree (e.g. BA, AB, BS), 9=Master’s degree (e.g. MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA), 10=Professional degree (e.g. MD, DDS, DVN, LLB, JD), 11=Doctorate degree (e.g. PhD, EdD), 12=Foreign degree, 777=Don’t Know, 888=No Response

Source: The 2012 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and adapted for the United States by the U.S Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 20, 2016 from https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/final_en_bq.htm.

Source ID: B_Q01aUS

CSAL question form: Verbatim to source

CSAL response options form: Modified from source

Source response options: 01=Pre-primary or no schooling, 02=Grades 1-6, 03=Grades 7-9, 04=High school diploma, 5=Pre-associate education. Attended trade school, college, or university, no certificate or degree received, 07=A certificate from a college or trade school for completion of a program prior to the associate/bachelor degree, 08=Associate degree, 09=Bachelor’s degree (e.g. BA, AB, BS), 10=Master’s degree (e.g. MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA), 11=Professional degree (e.g. MD, DDS, DVN, LLB, JD), 12=Doctorate degree (e.g. PhD, EdD), 13=Foreign degree, DK, RF

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