Hello, there are some issues with your survey:
- One of the questions assumes the educational system is the same everywhere; I couldn't be able to respond to that question.
- One of the questions mixes being a student and employment status. These should be two different questions.
- I noticed Taiwan is not in the list of countries. There are probably other missing countries.
Hey there, sorry for the late reply. I have had some challenges in figuring out how to use the forum
1. I suppose you are referring to the 3rd question. Unfortunately, we do not have info about the formation of each education system in the world. We have tried to put generalized answer choices which could more or less be convertible or at least functionally correspond to some degree in different national systems of education.
2. This must be the 4th question. The range of 18-25 years old people is composed of a mixed population in terms of employment. Some undergraduates work in part-time or full-time jobs both formally and informally, some post-graduates are paid as PhD students for being a researcher in higher education or independent research institutions (labs etc.). As you have drawn attention, we do not have the info about each and every education system around the world and which type student is considered as employee in whichever country or institution, or who self-considers as student or employed since they may be working while being a student. That is why, we left this identification to respondents, by remarking "most explanatory status".
3. The issue you have pointed out is important, thanks a lot. We have had the same concern while preparing the content of answer menu. We have made some research in order to prevent any political mistake, however, could not come up with a conclusive validation. Because, the political status of some countries including Taiwan is controversial depending on the voice. Since we are neither interested in nor qualified for declaring our standing on inter and intra state affairs, while preparing the answer menu we have taken cues from recent surveys conducted by United Nations, hopefully recognized as an independent well-versed institution by the majority.
I hope our way of thinking avoid confusions or disturbing statements. Thanks a lot for your contribution!