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1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Educational attainment recode (US1960A_EDUCREC)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 239
End: 239
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A443 US60A442"><span class="em">P14. What is the highest grade (or year) of regular school this person has ever attended? </span><br /><div class="i1">(Check one box)</div><br /><div class="i1">If now attending a regular school or college, check the grade (or year) he is in. If it is in junior high school, check the box that stand for that grade (or year).</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] Never attended school<br />[] Kindergarten<br />Elementary school (Grade) <br /><div class="i3">[] 1<br />[] 2 <br />[] 3 <br />[] 4<br />[] 5 <br />[] 6 <br />[] 7 <br />[] 8</div><br />High school (Year)<br /><div class="i3">[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3 <br />[] 4</div><br />College (Year) <br /><div class="i3">[] 1 <br />[] 2 <br />[] 3 <br />[] 4 <br />[] 5 <br />[] 6 or more</div></div><br /><br /><span class="em">P15. Did he finish the highest grade (or year) he attended? </span> <br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Finished this grade<br />[] Did not finish this grade<br />[] Never attended school</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 None or preschool
2 Grade 1 , 2 , 3 , or 4
3 Grade 5 , 6 , 7 , or 8
4 Grade 9
5 Grade 10
6 Grade 11
7 Grade 12
8 1 to 3 years of college
9 4 years of college
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 respondent's highest grade of school or year of college completed.
Universe
United States 1960: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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