Survey Methodology #2003-17 - The American Community Survey (Acs) En Espanol: Using Cognitive Interviews To Test The Functional Equivalency Of Questionnaire Translations - U.s. Bureau Of The Census Page 45
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52P11
What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed?
¿Cuál es el título o nivel de escuela más alto que usted ha terminado?
This question elicits a quick response from respondents. That is, respondents know what is their
highest level of education or highest degree attained. The problem is that only a few of the
initial responses actually mapped onto the response categories. Most respondents gave some
ordinal number, such as el cuarto, or made reference to the term used in the country where they
studied: “Yo terminé la secundaria en México.” Of those whose initial response did not map
onto the response categories, it was possible to map almost all of their responses onto the answer
categories after several probes.
In order to map the responses accurately, it was necessary to ask for a description of the
education system in the country where this education was completed, and then compare the
foreign school years to the American system to determine what the corresponding level might be.
Putting the initial answer in a comparative context also allowed verification that the level was
accurately recorded.
Quantitative summary:
Answer mapped onto scale
33%
Answer did not map onto scale
67%
Probing mapped answer onto scale
88%
Probing did not map answer
12%
Examples:
th
A respondent whose initial answer was “fourth,” had actually completed what is considered 10
grade in the United States:
Resp: Cuarto.
Resp: Fourth.
Int:
¿Cuarto de qué? ¿De primaria?
Int:
Fourth of what? Elementary?
Resp: No, de secundaria.
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Resp: No, “secundaria.”
Int:
A ver, dígame como se estructura el sistema de educación en [Ecuador], empezando con
la priamaria. ¿La primaria abarca de quJ año a qué año?
Int:
Tell me what the structure of the education system in [Ecuador] is like, beginning
with elementary school. Elementary school goes from what grade to what grade?
Resp: De primero a sexto.
Resp: From first through sixth.
2
“Secundaria” is commonly used to mean a level greater than elementary, but exact grades or levels vary from
country to country.
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