Quality Assessment of Data on Marital Status and Educational Achievement in the WHO MONICA Project

Table 2. Availability of data on marital status and educational achievement (see Section 3.1)
RUA Source of
Information
Marital Status Level of Education Years of Schooling
Ini Mid Fin Ini Mid Fin Ini Mid Fin
AUS-NEWa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes no no 1 yes
AUS-PERa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes no no no
AUS-PERb self-adm. snd yes yes snd yes yes snd no no
BEL-CHAa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
BEL-GHEa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
BEL-LUXa self-adm. yes snd snd yes snd snd yes snd snd
CAN-HALa interview no snd yes yes snd yes no snd yes
CHN-BEIa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
CZE-CZEa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
DEN-GLOa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes 2 yes 2 yes 2
FIN-KUOa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
FIN-NKAa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
FIN-TULa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
FRA-LILa interview yes snd yes yes snd yes yes snd yes
FRA-STRa interview yes snd yes yes snd yes yes snd yes
FRA-TOUa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
GER-AURa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
GER-AUUa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
GER-BERa interview yes yes snd yes yes snd yes yes snd
GER-BREa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
GER-BREb self-adm. snd yes yes snd yes yes snd yes yes
GER-COTa interview no yes snd no yes snd no yes snd
GER-EGEc interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
GER-EGEd interview no yes yes no yes yes no yes yes
GER-ERFa interview no yes yes no yes yes no yes no
GER-HACa interview yes yes snd yes yes snd yes yes snd
GER-KMSc interview no yes snd no yes snd no yes snd
GER-KMSd interview yes yes snd yes yes snd yes yes snd
GER-RDMe ir no snd snd no snd snd no snd snd
GER-RDMf interview yes snd snd yes snd snd yes snd snd
GER-RHNa interview yes 3 snd snd yes snd snd yes 3 snd snd
RUA Source of
Information
Marital Status Level of Education Years of Schooling
Ini Mid Fin Ini Mid Fin Ini Mid Fin
HUN-BUDa interview no yes snd no yes snd no yes snd
HUN-PECa ir no no snd no no snd no no snd
ICE-ICEa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
ISR-TELa interview yes snd snd yes snd snd yes snd snd
ITA-BRIa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
ITA-FRIa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
ITA-LATa interview yes snd snd yes snd snd yes snd snd
LTU-KAUa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes
MLT-MLTa interview yes snd snd yes snd snd yes snd snd
NEZ-AUCa interview yes snd yes no snd yes 4 no snd no 5
POL-TARa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
POL-WARa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
ROM-BUCa interview yes snd snd yes snd snd yes snd snd
RUS-MOCa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
RUS-MOIa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
RUS-MOIb interview yes snd snd yes snd snd yes snd snd
RUS-NOCa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
RUS-NOCb interview yes snd snd yes snd snd yes snd snd
RUS-NOIa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
SPA-CATa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
SWE-GOTa self-adm. no yes yes no yes yes no yes yes
SWE-NSWa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
SWI-TICa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
SWI-VAFa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
UNK-BELa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
UNK-GLAa self-adm. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
USA-STAa interview/self-adm. yes yes yes no 6 no 6 no 6 yes yes yes
YUG-NOSa interview yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
RUA Source of
Information
Marital Status Level of Education Years of Schooling
Ini Mid Fin Ini Mid Fin Ini Mid Fin

Key: snd = survey not done, ir = irrelevant

1 SCHOOL asked in categories in middle survey, but MONICA data cannot be extracted.
2 SCHOOL estimated from 2 categorical education variables.
3 For about one third of the respondents.
4 EDLEVEL combined from several questions.
5 There is such item but the details differ from the MONICA items so that the exact MONICA data cannot be extracted.
6 EDLEVEL derived from years of schooling.