Casmin classification

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The CASMIN classification was created in the 1980s as part of a research project on comparative analysis of social mobility in different industrial nations ( C omparative A nalysis of S ocial M obility in I ndustrial N ations; see King / Lüttinger / Müller 1988).

background

The aim of the project was to develop an internationally comparable educational classification that makes it possible to map educational levels in such a way that they have the greatest possible equivalence with regard to their function as selection criteria in the process of social class formation and social mobility . In order to achieve functional equivalence of the individual educational levels, the individual educational levels were constructed according to two selection criteria: On the one hand, the class barriers of the educational system typical in national societies should be optimally mapped and, on the other hand, the important differentiations with regard to the use of education on the labor market should be recorded .

The classification is characterized by two features: On the one hand, information on general education as well as vocational education is taken into account. On the other hand, the classification is certificate-oriented, which reflects the characteristics of the German education system - as well as those of many other European education systems - well. In addition, the CASMIN classification reflects a hierarchy with regard to the necessary investments and the duration of the educational experience.

application

The application of CASMIN to the German education system

  • 3b university degree
  • 3a college degree
  • 2c_voc University entrance qualification / Abitur and professional training
  • 2c_gen Fachhochschulreife / Abitur without vocational training
  • 2a Secondary school leaving certificate and vocational training
  • 2b Secondary school leaving certificate without vocational training
  • 1c secondary school leaving certificate and vocational training
  • 1b secondary school leaving certificate without vocational training
  • 1a no degree

literature

  • Braun, Michael / Müller, Walter, 1997: Measurement of Education in Comparative Research. Comparative Social Research 16: 163-201.
  • Brauns, Hildegard / Steinmann, Susanne, 1999: Educational Reform in France, West-Germany and the United Kingdom: Updating the CASMIN Educational Classification. In: ZUMA-Nachrichten, No. 44., pp. 7-44. PID:
  • König, W./Lüttinger P./Müller W., 1988: A Comparative Analysis of the Development and Structure of Educational Systems. Methodological Foundations and the Construction of a Comparative Educational Scale. CASMIN Working Paper No. 12. Mannheim: University of Mannheim.
  • Lechert, Yvonne / Schroedter, Julia / Lüttinger, Paul, 2006: The implementation of the CASMIN educational classification for the 1970 census, the 1971 additional microcensus and the 1976-2004 microcensus. ZUMA method report 2006/12.
  • Lüttinger, Paul / König, Wolfgang, 1988: The development of an internationally comparable classification for educational systems. In: ZUMA Nachrichten, No. 22, pp. 1–14. PID:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Braun / Müller 1997; Brauns / Steinmann 1999
  2. ^ Educational Reform in France, West-Germany and the United Kingdom
  3. ↑ The implementation of the CASMIN educational classification (PDF file; 470 kB)
  4. ↑ The development of an internationally comparable classification for educational systems

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