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2008 National Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 2008
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LBR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • LBR2008_PHC-P-H

Highest grade level attained (LR2008A_EDATTAN)

Data file: LBR2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 220
End: 221
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Persons 5 years and over</span></p>

<p><span class="em">P20. Highest level attended</span><div class="i1">What is the highest level that [the respondent] attained?</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 Pre-primary/no grade
01 Grade 1
02 Grade 2
03 Grade 3
04 Grade 4
05 Grade 5
06 Grade 6
07 Grade 7
08 Grade 8
09 Grade 9
10 Grade 10
11 Grade 11
12 Grade 12
13 Technical/vocational
14 Year 1 of university
15 Year 2 of university
16 Year 3 of university
17 Year 4 of university
18 Completed undergraduate
19 Post graduate and above
99 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's highest grade level attained.
Universe
Liberia 2008: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 44.1%]

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