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--- educational_attainment [2021/02/10 16:21] – [Table] trynke
+++ educational_attainment [2025/02/05 13:49] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Educational Attainment ======
-An educational attainment score (low, middle or high) of adult [[cohort|Lifelines]] participants was calculated based on their self-reported [[education|highest obtained degree]] in [[1A Questionnaire 1]] and [[2A Questionnaire 1]] (i.e. variables degree_highest_adu_q_1/_a or EDUCATION & EDUCOTHER) ([[sections|section]]: [[secondary & linked variables]]).\\ The coding procedures are described below.
+An educational attainment score (educational_attainment_adu_c_1	or EA) of 'low', 'middle' or 'high' was calculated for all adult [[cohort|Lifelines]] participants who provided an answer to the [[education|highest obtained degree]] questions in [[1A Questionnaire 1]] and [[2A Questionnaire 1]] (i.e. variables degree_highest_adu_q_1/_a or EDUCATION & EDUCOTHER) ([[sections|section]]: [[secondary & linked variables]]).\\ The coding procedures are described below.
+The Educational Attainment variable can be requested in the [[https://data-catalogue.lifelines.nl/|Lifelines catalogue]].
 ===== Step 1 =====
 Participants who provided one of the pre-defined answers were recoded as follows:
-| Table 1: Predefined answers to degree_highest_adu_q_1 (EDUCATION)                                                ^ English translation                                                                                                        ^ EA Score    ^
+^ Table 1: Predefined answers to degree_highest_adu_q_1 (EDUCATION)                                                ^ English translation                                                                                                        ^ EA Score    ^
 | 1 = geen opleiding (lager onderwijs niet afgemaakt)                                                              | no education (did not finish primary school)                                                                               | low         |
 | 2 = lager onderwijs (basisonderwijs, speciaal basisonderwijs)                                                    | primary education (primary school, special needs primary school)                                                           | low         |
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 | WO-PROPEDEUSE (4)                                                                      |      | x       | x     |
-  - (1) new degree issued by HBO (EA=high) but at level of MBO+ (EA=middle)
+  * (1) new degree issued by HBO (EA=high) but at level of MBO+ (EA=middle)
-  - (2) refers to either moderne bedrijfsadministratie (EA=middle) or master of business
+  * (2) refers to either moderne bedrijfsadministratie (EA=middle) or master of business administration (EA=high)
-administration (EA=high)
+  * (3) exception: MDGO-AW and MDGO-VZ-LANG can be interpreted as (EA=middle)
-  - (3) exception: MDGO-AW and MDGO-VZ-LANG can be interpreted as (EA=middle)
+  * (4) WO entry requires having completed either VWO (EA=middle) or HBO (EA=high)
-  - (4) WO entry requires having completed either VWO (EA=middle) or HBO (EA=high)
 ^ **Table 4: educational terms with no possible EA score**              ^ EA Score  ^
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 ===== Step 3 =====
-Participants were assigned a final EA score based on their full responses according to the following validation rules:
+Participants with highest degree 'other' were assigned a final EA score based on their full responses according to the following validation rules:
 ^ If EDUCOTHER:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ^ Then EA =             ^