The economy is poor; even a higher professional degree, the first refuge of the risk-averse, may not guarantee a job.
In addition, the highest professional level attained after school (none, apprenticeship, university or college degree, others) was analysed.
Russian professionals have the highest share of Ph.D. holders and Russian and Ukrainian immigrants have the highest share of professional degree holders.
Respondents were predominantly female (64.9%), working in Goiania, the capital of the State of Goias (76.7%), and had an undergraduate degree as their highest professional training level (58.4%).
We used the highest school degree, professional degree, and educational qualification score respectively as the reference groups for the analyses.
The factors included in the final cSES variable, based on their factor loadings, were percent high school diploma, percent professional degree, median household income, median house value, median rent, and percent below poverty.
The lowest score is 1 (no school degree and no professional degree) and the highest score is 8 (13 years school education and university degree) [ 13].
Educational achievement was collapsed from six categories (8th grade or less; 9th 12th grade but no diploma; high school graduate or equivalent, such as GED; some college or technical school; bachelor's degree; master's or professional degree) to four (high school or less; some college; bachelor's degree; master's or professional degree).
According to census data, high school dropouts in the work force earn an average of $26,207, while workers with a professional degree average $127,499.
Detailed information on the highest level of school completed was collected and the variable was categorized as "less than high school degree" (high school not completed), "high school degree" (high school diploma or general equivalency diploma), and "more than high school degree" (some college, vocational, or technical school; associate's degree; Bachelor's, Master's, or professional degree).
- My advice, pursue always a professional degree.
