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measures a person’s highest level of formal education, based on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured Qualifications (2003). For this release, the 13 level 1 categories in the register are combined into four groups. Examples of the types of qualification in each group are:
-no qualification – no formal qualifications
-level 1–4 certificate – eg school certificate, sixth form certificate, university entrance, NCEA or national certificate 1, 2, 3, or 4, trade certificates, and also people with any overseas secondary school qualifications
-level 5–6 diploma – eg nursing or teaching diplomas, or advanced trade certificates
-level 7 / bachelor's degree and above – eg qualifications from university, such as bachelor's degree, post-graduate diplomas and certificates, master's degree, and doctorate.
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