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

Table A2b:

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

no degree

94%

0%

1%

lower sec.
degree

95%

1%

2%

adv. lower sec.

84%

1%

2%

1%

4%

degr.

upper sec.
degree

59%

0%

1%

6%

0%

vocational

99%

0%

15%

4%

degree
univ./ college
degr.

93%

5%

in school

6%

1%

85%

21%

3%

9%

in voc. training

4%

16%

1%

0%

4%

12%

57%

13%

9%

in university

40%

1%

1%

1%

2%

69%

4%

missing

0%

2%

0%

1%

0%

74%

total imputed

1084

1931

759

584 39336

4265

13639

28203

7427

740    97968

exp. time by
education