[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older]
Education
[Question 8-12]
[Questions 9-12 are asked only of persons age 15+ who ever attended school, per question 8]
10. What type of school did you last attend, or are you now attending?
Circle and skip to 12 [all choices, except for choice 4]
[] 1 Elementary school/Cheder/Kutab
[] 2 Junior high school (between elementary school and high school)
[] 3 Yehiva (not including Yeshiva (high school))
[] 4 Vocational or agricultural high school (including Yehiva, high school -- vocational trend in comprehensive school, industrial school or school for apprentices) -- Circle and go to 11
[] 5 Academic high school (including academic yeshiva, high school or studies in comprehensive high school)
[] 6 Post-secondary teacher-training college and kindergarten teacher-training college
[] 7 Other post-secondary school (for registered nurses, for practical engineers, for other technicians, etc.)
[] 8 University, Technion
[] 9 Other school: ____
12. Question 10 -- explanations: Type of school last attended
[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 10.]
In this question, specify the type of the last school the person attended, even if he/she hasn't completed his/her study in it.
If a person is still attending school, specify the type of school he/she is attending.
Types of schools (as appearing in the questionnaire)
A. Elementary school, Heder, Kutab: also including special-education school and Talmud torah (Torah studies for elementary school ages).
Kutab: religious school in Muslim countries.
B. Junior high-school: school grades between elementary and high school.
C. Yeshiva: including all kinds of Yeshivas, except for yeshiva high-school.
D. Vocational/Agricultural high school: including vocational yeshiva-high school, vocational trend in comprehensive school, industrial school, school for apprentices, pre-military vocational courses and military boarding schools next to vocational schools.
E. General high school: including yeshiva-general high school, general trend in comprehensive school, school preparing for external matriculation exams, kibbutz high school, and military boarding school next to a general high school.
F. Post secondary teacher training college: including colleges for the training of art teachers. Does not include academic-teacher training in university.
G. Other post-secondary school: post high-school schools issuing certificates such as authorized nurse, practical engineer etc. These schools do not issue academic degrees. Also included in this category are nurse authorization schools, practical engineer and technician schools, art academy, social-workers school (not through university) etc.
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H. University/Technion: including other institutes issuing academic degrees.
Notice!
If a person answers that he/she attended college, post secondary school or Academy -- inquire whether his/her studies were towards an academic degree or a post-secondary certificate. In case of academic degree mark answer 8. In the case of post secondary certificate, mark answer 7.
I. Other school: in this answer include any other kind of school according to the definition in question 8, which is not included in any of the previous answers. For example: pre-academic preparatory program, pre-practical engineering preparatory program, school for the elderly.
If a person attended school abroad and can not classify the type of school, he/she is entitled to write the type of school in foreign language, under this answer.
Notice!
If a person is attending evening school, mark the most suitable type of school. For example, if attending an evening school preparing for external exams, mark number 5 (general high-school).