Do imputed education histories provide satisfactory results in fertility analysis in the Western German context?

Table A1a:

Cross-tabulation of exposure time in original by imputed education
variable. Imputation assumption: questionnaire asked for the first
time respondent attained highest degree, and used a simple
categorization of educational degrees. Row percentages

original

imputed

no degree

low. sec.
degree

adv. lower
sec. degr.
upper sec.
degree

vocational
degree

univ./ college
degree

in school

in voc.
training

In university

missing

total original

exp. time by
education

no degree

84%

1%

15%

1212

lower sec.
degree

75%

3%

22%

2440

adv. lower sec.

49%

8%

37%

4%

2%

1301

degr.

upper sec.
degree

33%

1%

27%

39%

0%

1054

vocational

99%

0%

1%

43235

degree
univ./ college
degr.

100%

4310

in school

0%

0%

65%

33%

1%

0%

17922

in voc. training

0%

1%

0%

13%

3%

8%

71%

3%

0%

19157

in university

4%

5%

2%

2%

7%

80%

0%

6347

missing

25%

9%

3%

8%

0%

55%

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