8/05/05 GEDUC - Education Module cor872.txt OVERVIEW Information about the Graduate Respondent's education was collected in the following manner: -Whether respondents were born in Wisconsin was ascertained. If birth date information was missing for a given respondent, that information was ascertained as well. -Information on primary and post-secondary education was collected in this module. Whether the respondent attended primary school in Wisconsin and the name and location of Wisconsin primary schools attended the longest by the respondent were collected. Whether the respondent had taken any courses for credit at a two or four-year college and whether the respondent had attained a degree since the last time they had been interviewed for the study was collected as well. If the respondent reported having attained a degree since the last interview, information about this degree was collected. Respondents who reported having taken classes and/ or attaining a degree since the last interview were asked whether they were currently enrolled at a two or four-year college. BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS gb001re-gb009red Summary of educational history using data collected in 1975, 1992 and 2003. gb010re, gb012rec Update of the educational history from the time of the last interview with the respondent using 2003 data only. For 1992 respondents (IN92 = 1), these variables update any educational experiences after the 1992 interview . For 1992 non-respondents (IN92 ne 1), these variables update any educational experiences after the 1975 interview. Note: rb0011re, rb013ree-rb014ree from 1992 data cannot be replicated with 2003 data. gb016red Bachelor's degree variable using 1975, 1992 and 2003 data. Note: rb015red and rb017red from 1992 data cannot be replicated for 2003 data. gb020red Most recent degree variable using 1975, 1992 and 2003 data. Note: rb018red, rb019red and rb021red from 1992 data cannot be replicated for 2003 data. gb122red Post (most recent) degree experience using 1975, 1992 and 2003 data. Note: rb023ree, rb024ree-rb026ree from 1992 data cannot be replicated for 2003 data. gb027re Current school enrollment and plans (N=XXXX) Note: rb028re-rb033rec, rb034re-rb036re from 1992 data cannot be updated with 2003 data. gb037re-gb040re Success in education, work, finances and family life. gb041re-gb047rec Primary school variables using 2003 data. OPEN-ENDED CODING DECISIONS Within the education module for the graduate survey, the item >b3k< ascertaining the most recent degree since the last time the respondent was interviewed was established as an optional open-ended response. For our purposes, only degrees from a community college or university were considered codeable responses; licenses, accreditation classes, technical certificates and the like were not considered regular post- secondary degrees. These responses were recoded as -2 or "INAPPROPRIATE" because the respondent should not have been asked this item based on a previous screener question (>b3j<). In instances where the respondent earned a license, accreditation, certificate or the like, we corrected the data for b3j so that the correct response (2 or "No") for this item was recorded in the data. Medical, jurisdictional and doctorate degrees were coded under the same category while Master's including Master's of Business were coded under the same category for this item. Respondents who attained a two-year teaching degree at a teacher's college were recorded as having attained an Associate's degree while respondents who attained a three-year nursing degree were recorded as having attained a Bachelor's degree. PROBLEMS Aside from the description in the previous section, no serious problem cases arose in the education module. PEOPLE Megan Andrew - Writing code to create analysis variables, making corrections to raw data, checking of notes, making corrections, coding/supervising coding of open-ended responses, and writing the COR. Shlomit Bornstein - Writing code to create analysis variables and making corrections to raw data Mandy Lauber - Making corrections to raw data, coding of open-ended responses REFERENCES ---