Education Categories
| Purpose: | Provide descriptions of the Education percent frequency categories. |
Structure and Description:
| Column | Type | Column Content |
|---|
| Element ID | Character Varying(20) | Content Model Outline Position (see Content Model Reference) |
| Element Name | Character Varying(150) | Content Model Element Name (see Content Model Reference) |
| Scale ID | Character Varying(3) | Scale ID (see Scales Reference) |
| Category | Integer(3) | Category value associated with element |
| Category Description | Character Varying(1000) | Detail description of category associated with element |
This file contains the categories associated with the Education content area. Categories for the Required Level of Education (RL) scale are included.
The file is displayed in five tab delimited fields with the columns named Element ID, Element Name, Scale ID, Category, and Category Description. The five fields are represented by one row. There are a total of 12 rows of data in this file.
File Structure Changes:
| Release Number | Description of Change |
|---|
| 30.3 | Added as a new file |
Data Example - Education Categories:
| Element ID | Element Name | Scale ID | Category | Category Description |
|---|
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 1 | Less than a High School Diploma |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 2 | High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 3 | Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 4 | Some College Courses |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 5 | Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 6 | Bachelor's Degree |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 7 | Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 8 | Master's Degree |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 9 | Post-Master's Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level. |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 10 | First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 11 | Doctoral Degree |
| 2.D.1 | Required Level of Education | RL | 12 | Post-Doctoral Training |
