Literal question
<svar v="CO85A409 CO85A410 CO85A411 CO85A412 CO85A413 CO85A414 CO85A415"><span class="h2">C. For persons five years old or more.</span><br />[Applies to questions 35 - 41]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A414"><span class="em">40. What is the last year of education you completed?</span><br /><div class="i1">(If the person did not complete any years of schooling, write 0) _</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CO85A409 CO85A410 CO85A411 CO85A412 CO85A413 CO85A414 CO85A415"><span class="h3">C. For persons 5 years old or older</span><br /><br />(Question 35 to 41)<br /><br />Take care to fill out this part C of Section V, only for persons who are 5 years old or older.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A414"><span class="em">Question No. 40 Number of years of study passed</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Write in the box the last year of study passed. Take into account that the level (primary, bachelor, etc) is marked in the following question (No. 41). If a person has passed no year, write 0.<br /><br />If they are taking university classes take into account that many careers are done by semesters and should be written down only in years passed; so, for example, if anyone is in their third semester of engineering school, they have passed a year of their career and consequently should be written down 1, not 3.<br /><br />In some cases the information about education can be supplied in accordance with Decree 088 of 1976, which divides basic and medium education into 11 grades, equivalent to five of primary and six of secondary. In these cases use the table of conversions and write down the information according to old regulations. Example: If a person answers that the last year passed is 9 of basic education, write four of bachelor.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 45]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">6th grade = 1st Bachelor<br />7th grade = 2nd Bachelor<br />8th grade = 3rd Bachelor<br />9th grade = 4th Bachelor<br />10th grade = 5th Bachelor<br />11th grade = 6th Bachelor</div><br /><br />In cases of persons who have done two university careers or who are doing post graduate work, all the years passed should be added up and the total should be written down.<br /></svar>
