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

original

imputed

no degree

I low. sec.

degree

I adv. lower

sec. degr.

I 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%

11%

1%

4%

1212

lower sec.

79%

3%

3%

14%

1%

2440

degree

adv. lower sec.

50%

3%

10%

6%

25%

4%

2%

1301

degr.

upper sec.

34%

25%

7%

1%

2%

31%

0%

1054

degree
vocational

94%

0%

0%

5%

1%

43235

degree
univ./ college
degr.

89%

11%

4310

in school

0%

1%

0%

0%

2%

63%

31%

2%

0%

17922

in voc. training

1%

1%

0%

34%

3%

8%

50%

3%

0%

19157

in university

5%

11%

19%

2%

1%

62%

0%

6347

missing

23%

9%

3%

10%

0%

55%

990

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