ISBN:
9783868190304
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource, 43-74 S.
Serie:
Surveying the Migrant Population: Consideration of Linguistic and Cultural Issues Bd. 19
Serie:
GESIS-Schriftenreihe Bd. 19
Angaben zur Quelle:
Online-Ressource, 43-74 S.
DDC:
306.43
Kurzfassung:
Abstract: Education is one of the most frequently used variables in social science research. However, it is challenging to measure educational attainment with a high degree of validity and comparability in migrant surveys. In migrant surveys, respondents were educated in various different educational systems. Rather than providing specific response options for the qualifications available in every country of origin, migrant surveys often use generic response options (such as “secondary education”) that supposedly work equally well for respondents educated in all kinds of educational systems. Given the lack of universal understanding of such generic categories, we have doubts whether this approach leads to reliable, valid, and comparable data. To improve the measurement of educational qualifications obtained abroad, GESIS has developed a new tool in the project "Computer-assisted measurement and coding of education in surveys" (CAMCES). In this paper, we present how migrants’ education is usu
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begutachtet
URN:
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-58550-6
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-58550-6
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