13. Career or course of studies

Questions 11-14 refer to the literacy and educational level of the enumerated person; either he or she completed the degree or is currently studying. For this reason, only persons aged seven and older are asked these questions.

The purpose of these questions is to find out the educational level of the population with respect to their demographic, economic, and social characteristics.

Question 13: area of study or major

1. How to ask the question:
Ask, "What did you study in the last grade or year successfully completed?"

If the last grade or year was higher education, ask also what the person studied in secondary school.

2. How to record the answer:
If the last grade successfully completed by the enumerated person is in primary, and he or she has not completed any other type of instruction, mark an "X" in the box corresponding to "none and primary." If the last grade was in secondary or higher education, write the name of the type of studies or major on the appropriate line.

If the person has only studied secondary schooling, write the name of the area of study or major that the person is studying or studied at that level.

If the enumerated person is studying or has studied in higher education, write first the area of study or major completed in secondary school, and then what the person is studying or has studied in higher education.

3. Example:
[This box contains question 13 of the section VI "people in the census household."]