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measures a person’s highest level of formal education. It uses the 13 categories provided by the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured Qualifications (2003) . We’ve combined the 13 categories into five groups. They are: -no qualification – no formal qualifications -level 1–4 certificate – all secondary school qualifications including school certificate, sixth form certificate, university entrance, NCEA or national certificate 1, 2, 3, or 4, trade certificate, and people with an overseas secondary school qualification -level 5–6 diploma – vocational qualifications including nursing or teaching diplomas, and advanced trade certificates or diplomas -bachelor’s degree or level 7 qualification -postgraduate, honours, masters, or doctorate degree.
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