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Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Part A - Short definition:

Information showing that the person has completed a degree for a program of study in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry.

Part B - Detailed definition:

Refers to whether or not the person has completed a degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry. For those with such a degree, this variable also indicates, whether higher educational qualifications (i.e., master's or earned doctorate degrees) were held or not. This variable does not take into account whether or not the individual is active in the associated profession(s).

Reported in:

2011

Reported for:

Population aged 15 years and over in private households

Question number(s):

Derived variable: Question 30, cells 04, 05 and 06

Responses:

No degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry; Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry without master's and without earned doctorate degrees; Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry with master's degree; Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry with earned doctorate degree; Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry with master's and with earned doctorate degrees.

Remarks:

This derived variable complements the Highest certificate, diploma or degree variable by providing additional estimates of medical, dentistry, veterinary medicine and optometry degrees for persons who also have either master's or earned doctorate degrees. Thus, this variable provides a more complete measure of the population with these qualifications in Canada.

The additional estimates for persons with either a master's and a medical degree, or an earned doctorate and a medical degree could, for example, include persons in occupations such as in natural science or medical engineering research, and also university teaching.

For any comments on data quality for this variable, refer to the Education Reference Guide, 2011 National Household Survey.

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