Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalent

Part A - Short definition:

Information showing whether the person has completed a secondary school diploma or the equivalent, no matter what other certificates, diplomas or degrees he or she has.

Part B - Detailed definition:

This variable refers to whether or not persons have completed a secondary school or high school diploma, graduation certificate, or its equivalent. This variable also indicates whether other educational qualifications are held or not.

Examples of high school equivalency certificates are General Educational Development (GED) and Adult Basic Education (ABE).

Reported in:

2011

Reported for:

Population aged 15 years and over in private households

Question number(s):

Derived variable: Questions 27, 28, 29 and 30

Responses:

Without high school diploma or equivalent, without further completed schooling; Without high school diploma or equivalent, with apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma; Without high school diploma or equivalent, with college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma; With high school diploma or equivalent, without further completed schooling; With high school diploma or equivalent, with apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma; With high school diploma or equivalent, with college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma; With high school diploma or equivalent, with university certificate or diploma below bachelor level; With high school diploma or equivalent, with university certificate, diploma or degree at bachelor level or above.

Remarks:

This is a useful variable for socio-economic analysis. By dividing the population into those who do and those who do not have secondary (high) school completion, differences in employment, income, participation in further education, homeownership and mobility can be examined.

For any comments on data quality for this variable, refer to the Education Reference Guide, 2011 National Household Survey.