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1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970
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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Educational attainment recode (US1970A_EDUCREC)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 263
End: 263
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[All]
<br /><span class="em">21. What is the highest grade (or year) of regular school he has ever attended?<br /></span><div class="i1">Fill one circle. If now attending, mark grade he is in.</div><div class="i2">[] Never attended school - Skip to 23<br />[] Nursery school<br />[] Kindergarten</div><div class="i1">Elementary through high school (grade or year)</div><div class="i2">[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4<br />[] 5<br />[] 6<br />[] 7<br />[] 8<br />[] 9<br />[] 10<br />[] 11<br />[] 12</div><div class="i1">College (academic year)</div><div class="i2">[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4<br />[] 5<br />[] 6 or more</div><div class="i1">"Mark the highest grade he attended even if he did not finish it. If he is still in school, mark the grade he is in now. If he skipped or repeated grades, mark the highest grade ever attended, regardless of how long it took to get there. If he finished high school, but did not go to college, mark <span class="em">12</span>. For college, mark the highest academic year attended."</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 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 educational attainment by way of combining two separate IPUMS variables, HIGRADE and EDUC99.
Universe
United States 1970: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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