21. What is the highest level [the respondent] attended? (PerEd03_1)

In which level is he/she currently enrolled?

This question is only asked of those that are currently attending an education center. Read all the options with pauses and based on the informant's response, select the one that corresponds.

• Preschool: This option consists of the four and five-year-old levels in establishments of initial education, preschool, or infant centers.
• Elementary school: This applies to all children attending schools of primary learning.
• Elementary school -special education: This applies to those people with some disability that attend special schools.
• Junior high school (grades 7-9): This corresponds to the student population enrolled in a primary school that attends middle school. This option includes the first, second, and third grades of junior high.
• Junior high school UTU (grades 7-9): This corresponds to the student population enrolled in primary school that attends the UTU. This should not be confused with the Junior high school UTU with the Basic Professional Formation.
• High school (grades 10-12): This option applies to the student population that attends the fourth, fifth, and sixth year of secondary education.
• High school UTU (grades 10-12): This applies if the person is taking the fourth, fifth, and sixth year in a technical school.
• Technical School / Professional Formation UTU: Select this option when the person declares having attended a technical course. Include the specialty schools of the Armed Forces (mechanics, radio-operators, among others). Also include the workshop courses Don Bosco, Basic Professional Formation, the Institute of the Teaching of Construction, etc.
• Teacher training or Professorship: Include the people that studied to be elementary school teachers or professors of secondary centers. The Physical Education professors are included in this category.
• Post-secondary learning, non-university: These are the post-secondary non-university studies oriented towards the practice of a specific profession. For example: Center of Industrial Design, Military School, Naval Academy, and Aeronautics School; National Police School; Municipal School of Dramatic Art, Administration Technicians at the University of the Republic as well as of private universities; Social educators, students of hotel administration.
• University or College Institute (Degree plan or certification): This includes the degree plans, from the University of the Republic as well as the private universities (ORT, UCUDAL, UM, UDE, etc.) or foreign universities. The military and police degrees and certifications are also included, like: Certification in Public Security for enrolled students of the Police School,

• Certification in Military Studies enrolled in the Military Institute of Higher Education (IMES), the Certification in Navel Systems, and the Certification in Nautical Systems for those enrolled in the Naval School.
• Graduate Studies (Minor / Masters / Doctorate): These are studies of expansion and perfection in the mastery of a discipline or specific topic.

In which level is he/she currently enrolled?

This question is asked only of the people that do not attend an education center but did attend at some point. Read all the option with pauses and, based on the informant's response, select the option that corresponds.

• Preschool
• Elementary school
• Elementary school -special education
• Junior high school (grades 7-9)
• Junior high school UTU (grades 7-9)
• High school (grades 10-12)
• High school UTU (grades 10-12)
• Technical School / Professional Formation UTU
• Teacher training or Professorship
• Post-secondary learning, non-university
• University or College Institute (Degree plan or certification)
• Graduate Studies (Minor / Masters / Doctorate)

Did he/she finish that level?

Keep in mind that this question refers to the completion of the level indicated, and not the year taken within each said level.

How many years/grades did he pass in that level?

Always formulate this question. For example, do not assume that the person has 4 years passed in university if he/she declares having finished a career or university degree, since these can have different lengths. For example, in Medicine it can reach even 8 years.

The prerequisites for this course were (consider the maximum level taken)

This question allows us to determine the previous requirements for admittance to the highest education levels, since these permit a more precise and rigorous calculation of the education level reached and principal years of study.

This question is asked of the people that responded with any of the options between Technical Teaching and Postgraduate:

• Completed master's degree
• Bachelor's Degree / Completed university degree
• Completed teacher training / certification
• Completed High School (12th grade of the secondary school or UTU)
• 10th grade of high school completed
• Junior high school completed (9th grade completed)
• Elementary school completed
• None