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

Table 5. Years of schooling (SCHOOL): details of the question used in the initial survey and changes in the question between the surveys (see Section 3.2.3)
RUA Question as in MONICA Manual 1 Comments Change 2 between Ini and Mid survey Change 3 between Mid and Fin survey
AUS-NEWa ir - yes 4 yes 5
AUS-PERa ir - no no
AUS-PERb snd - no no
BEL-CHAa no 'full time study' not included no no
BEL-GHEa no 'full time study' not included no no
BEL-LUXa . no questionnaire available snd snd
CAN-HALa ir - snd yes 5
CHN-BEIa no exact wording not clear no yes 6
CZE-CZEa no 'full time study' not included no no
DEN-GLOa no estimated from the same 2 categorical variables as EDLEVEL no no
FIN-KUOa yes - no no
FIN-NKAa yes - no no
FIN-TULa yes - no no
FRA-LILa yes - snd no
FRA-STRa yes asked for duration of full time studies since age of 14 years snd yes 7
FRA-TOUa yes - no no
GER-AURa yes - no no
GER-AUUa yes - no no
GER-BERa yes - no snd
GER-BREa no calculated from educ. level, professional schools included no no
GER-BREb snd - yes 8 no
GER-COTa ir - yes 5 snd
GER-EGEc yes - no no
GER-EGEd ir - yes 5 no
GER-ERFa ir - yes 5 yes 9
GER-HACa yes - no snd
GER-KMSc ir - yes 5 snd
GER-KMSd yes - no snd
GER-RDMe ir - snd snd
GER-RDMf yes - snd snd
GER-RHNa no asked for years of 'formal education' snd snd
RUA Question as in MONICA Manual 1 Comments Change 2 between Ini and Mid survey Change 3 between Mid and Fin survey
HUN-BUDa ir - yes 10 snd
HUN-PECa ir - no snd
ICE-ICEa yes - no no
ISR-TELa no 'full time study' not included snd snd
ITA-BRIa yes - no no 11
ITA-FRIa yes - no no
ITA-LATa yes - snd snd
LTU-KAUa ir - yes 12 no
MLT-MLTa yes - snd snd
NEZ-AUCa ir - snd no
POL-TARa no 'full time study' not included no no
POL-WARa no 'full time study' not included no no
ROM-BUCa yes - snd snd
RUS-MOCa no 'full time study' not included no no 13
RUS-MOIa no 'full time study' not included no no 13
RUS-MOIb no 'full time study' not included snd snd
RUS-NOCa no 'full time study' not included yes 14 no
RUS-NOCb no 'full time study' not included snd snd
RUS-NOIa no 'full time study' not included yes 14 no
SPA-CATa yes - no no
SWE-GOTa ir - yes 5 no
SWE-NSWa yes - no no
SWI-TICa yes apprenticeship included no no 15
SWI-VAFa yes apprenticeship included no no 15
UNK-BELa yes - no no
UNK-GLAa yes - no no
USA-STAa no asked for 'highest year of formal education' no no
YUG-NOSa no 'full time study' not included no no
RUA Question as in MONICA Manual 1 Comments Change 2 between Ini and Mid survey Change 3 between Mid and Fin survey

1 Coded irrelevant (ir) if SCHOOL was not asked in initial survey.
2 Snd = no middle survey.
3 Change between initial and final survey, if no middle survey. Snd = no final survey.
4 Added a similar question with 5 answer categories, MONICA data cannot be extracted.
5 SCHOOL asked, question as in MONICA Manual.
6 Question as in MONICA Manual.
7 Question the same as in FRA-LIL and FRA-TOU.
8 No initial survey, middle survey questionnaire as in GER-BERa.
9 SCHOOL not asked in final survey.
10 SCHOOL asked, 'full time study' not included.
11 Added a remark that repeated years should be excluded.
12 SCHOOL asked.
13 Remark on institutes etc. dropped.
14 'Full time study' included.
15 Added a remark that kindergarden should be excluded.