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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), as follows:+An educational attainment score (educational_attainment_adu_c_1 (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.
  
 ===== Step 1 ===== ===== Step 1 =====
-Participants who provided one of the pre-defined answers ​(see table 1) were recoded as follows:+Participants who provided one of the pre-defined answers were recoded as follows:
  
-^ Table 1: Predefined answers ​English ​                                                                                                Predefined answers Dutch                                                                                     ^ EA Score  +^ Table 1: Predefined answers ​to degree_highest_adu_q_1 (EDUCATION) ​                                               ​English translation ​                                                                                                       ​^ EA Score    
-| 1 = no education (did not finish primary school) ​                                                                              | 1 = geen opleiding (lager onderwijs niet afgemaakt) ​                                                             ​| low           ​+| 1 = geen opleiding (lager onderwijs niet afgemaakt) ​                                                             | no education (did not finish primary school) ​                                                                              | low         ​
-| 2 = primary education (primary school, special needs primary school) ​                                                          | 2 = lager onderwijs (basisonderwijs,​ speciaal basisonderwijs) ​                                                   ​| low           ​+| 2 = lager onderwijs (basisonderwijs,​ speciaal basisonderwijs) ​                                                   | primary education (primary school, special needs primary school) ​                                                          | low         ​
-| 3 = lower or preparatory secondary vocational education ​(such as lts, leao, lhno, vmbo)                                        | 3 = lager of voorbereidend beroepsonderwijs ​(zoals lts, leao, lhno, vmbo)                                        | low           ​+| 3 = lager of voorbereidend beroepsonderwijs ​(zoals lts, leao, lhno, vmbo)                                        | lower or preparatory secondary vocational education ​(such as lts, leao, lhno, vmbo)l                                       | low         ​
-| 4 = junior general secondary education ​(such as mavo, (m)ulo, ​mbo-short, vmbo-t) ​                                              ​4 = middelbaar algemeen voortgezet onderwijs ​(zoals mavo, (m)ulo, ​mb)-kort, vmbo-t) ​                             | low           ​+| 4 = middelbaar algemeen voortgezet onderwijs ​(zoals mavo, (m)ulo, ​mb)-kort, vmbo-t) ​                             junior general secondary education ​(such as mavo, (m)ulo, ​mbo-short, vmbo-t) ​                                              ​| low         ​
-| 5 = secondary vocational education or work-based learning pathway (such as mbo-long, mts, meao, bol, bbl, inas)                | middelbaar beroepsonderwijs of beroepsbegeleidend ​onderwijs (zoals ​mbo-langmtsmeaobolbblinas     middle ​       | +| 5 = middelbaar beroepsonderwijs of beroepsbegeleidend onderwijs (zoals mbo-lang, mts, meao, bol, bbl, inas)      | secondary vocational education or work-based learning pathway (such as mbo-long, mts, meao, bol, bbl, inas)                | middle ​     | 
-| 6 = senior general secondary education, pre-university secondary education (such as havo, vwo, atheneum, gymnasium, hbs, mms)  | = hoger algemeen en voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs ​(zoals ​havovwoatheneumgymnasium, hbs, mms middle ​       | +| 6 hoger algemeen en voorbereidend wetenschappelijk ​onderwijs (zoals ​havovwoatheneumgymnasiumhbsmms | senior general secondary education, pre-university secondary education (such as havo, vwo, atheneum, gymnasium, hbs, mms)  | middle ​     | 
-| 7 = higher vocational education (such as hbo, hts, heao, '​kandidaats'​ university education (e.g. bachelor) ​                    | 7 = hoger beroepsonderwijs (zoals hbo, hts, heao, kandidaats wetenschappelijk onderwijs) ​                        | high          +| 7 = hoger beroepsonderwijs ​(zoals ​hbohtsheaokandidaats wetenschappelijk onderwijs                        ​| higher vocational education (such as hbo, hts, heao, '​kandidaats'​ university education (e.g. bachelor) ​                    | high        
-| 8 = university education ​                                                                                                      | 8 = wetenschappelijk onderwijs (universiteit) ​                                                                   | high          +| 8 = wetenschappelijk onderwijs (universiteit) ​                                                                   ​| university education ​                                                                                                      | high        
-| 9 = other: ​                                                                                                                    | 9 = anders, nl.                                                                                                  | see step 2    |+| 9 = anders, nl.                                                                                                  ​| other: ​                                                                                                                    | see step 2  |
  
 ===== Step 2 ===== ===== Step 2 =====
-Participants who chose answer 9 ('​other',​ n = ~4,300) were scored according to the specifications they provided.\\ These specifications were manually checked for certain educational terms, which could fall into one of three groups:+Participants who chose answer 9 ('​other',​ n = ~4,300) were scored according to the specifications they provided ​in degree_highest_adu_q_1_a (EDUCOTHER).\\ These specifications were manually checked for certain educational terms, which could fall into one of three groups:
   - educational terms with only one possible interpretation (table 2)   - educational terms with only one possible interpretation (table 2)
   - educational terms with two possible interpretations (table 3)   - educational terms with two possible interpretations (table 3)
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 | VERPLEEGKUNDIGE (A/B, MET/ZONDER AANTEKENINGEN,​ MET SPECIALISATIE) ​                    ​| ​     | x       | x     | | VERPLEEGKUNDIGE (A/B, MET/ZONDER AANTEKENINGEN,​ MET SPECIALISATIE) ​                    ​| ​     | x       | x     |
 | 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)
 +  * (2) refers to either moderne bedrijfsadministratie (EA=middle) or master of business administration (EA=high)
 +  * (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)
  
 ^ **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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 | VAKSCHOOL / VAKOPLEIDING ​ | NA        | | VAKSCHOOL / VAKOPLEIDING ​ | NA        |
  
 +===== Step 3 =====
  
 +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 =             ^
 +| … contains no interpretable response ​                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | NA                    |
 +| … conveys that participant is currently studying (“nog bezig”, “nog niet af”, “momenteel mee bezig”, “ik zit nu op het VWO”, etc.)                                                                                                                                                              | NA                    |
 +| … indicates education in foreign country (“HAVO in China”, “opgegroeid in Zwitserland en daar naar school geweest, “lagere school in Turkije”) ​                                                                                                                                                 | NA                    |
 +| … indicates performing at a certain level of education without formally achieving this level (“gelijkwaardig aan HBO”, “avondschool op HBO-niveau”) ​                                                                                                                                            | NA                    |
 +| … indicates level of education higher than the highest level (“gepromoveerd”,​ “post-HBO”) ​                                                                                                                                                                                                      | high                  |
 +| … mentions a low level of education and conveys that participant did not complete this level (“deelcertificaten”,​“niet afgemaakt”,​ “1 jaar ULO gedaan”) ​                                                                                                                                        | low                   |
 +| … mentions a middle level of education and conveys that participant did not complete this level                                                                                                                                                                                                 | low                   |
 +| … mentions a high level of education and conveys that participant did not complete this level                                                                                                                                                                                                   | NA                    |
 +| … contains multiple responses in group 1 (interpretable) indicating different levels (“HAVO + HBO”, “Kleuterkweekschool,​ daarna SPH gehaald”) AND no responses in group 2 (dubious) AND no responses in group 3 (NA) (exception: the word “cursus” without any specification is to be ignored) ​ | choose highest level  |
 +| … contains one or multiple responses in group 1 (interpretable) indicating EA=low AND one or more responses in group 2 (dubious) AND/OR one or more responses in group 3 (NA)                                                                                                                   | NA                    |
 +| … contains one or multiple responses in group 1 (interpretable) indicating EA=middle AND one or more responses in group 2 (dubious) pointing to either EA=low or EA=middle AND no responses in group 3 (NA)                                                                                     | middle ​               |
 +| … contains one or multiple responses in group 1 (interpretable) indicating EA=middle AND one or more responses in group 2 (dubious) pointing to either EA=low, EA=middle or EA=high AND/OR one or more responses in group 3 (NA)                                                                | NA                    |
 +| … contains one or multiple responses in group 1 (interpretable) indicating EA=high AND one or more responses in group 2 (dubious) AND/OR one or more responses in group 3 (NA)                                                                                                                  | high                  |
  
  
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