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====== Educational Attainment ====== | ====== 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. |
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+ | The Educational Attainment variable can be requested in the [[https://data-catalogue.lifelines.nl/|Lifelines catalogue]]. | ||
===== Step 1 ===== | ===== Step 1 ===== | ||
Participants who provided one of the pre-defined answers were recoded as follows: | 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 | | | 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 | | | 2 = lager onderwijs (basisonderwijs, speciaal basisonderwijs) | primary education (primary school, special needs primary school) | low | | ||
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| WO-PROPEDEUSE (4) | | x | x | | | 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 ^ | ^ **Table 4: educational terms with no possible EA score** ^ EA Score ^ | ||
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===== Step 3 ===== | ===== 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 = ^ | ^ If EDUCOTHER: ^ Then EA = ^ |