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CLASSIFICATION AND CODING THE CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA Relevant categories from the Level of Education component of the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) are used when collecting, aggregating and disseminating data relating to the variable 'Highest year of school completed'. This section provides an overview of the coding procedures for the variable. For further details on the classification, code structure and coding procedures, refer to the 'Education Standard Variables Guide’ or the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) (cat. no. 1272.0) on the ABS website. THE STANDARD CLASSIFICATION The Level of Education component of the Australian Standard Classification of Education has a three level hierarchical structure. The detailed-level categories of the classification are aggregated to form the second level categories of the classification which comprise 15 Narrow Levels of Education. These in turn are aggregated to form nine Broad Levels of Education. THE CODE STRUCTURE Only categories of Broad Levels 6, 7 and 8 of the ASCED level of education classification are applicable to this variable. For information on which ASCED codes are valid for this variable see the 'Education Standard Variables Guide’ or the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) (cat. no. 1272.0) on the ABS website.
Residual categories and codes Supplementary codes Supplementary Codes used by the ABS for Surveys and Census:
SCOPE OF THE VARIABLE The variable 'Highest year of school completed' applies to all persons. CODING PROCEDURES The standard question module refers to schooling Years and their 'equivalents'. CODING INDEXES There are no coding indexes for this variable.
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