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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2000
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ZMB_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Highest professional or vocational qualification (ZM2000A_EDLEV)

Data file: ZMB2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 278
End: 278
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For Persons 5 Years and Older ... Education</span></p>

<p>19. What highest professional or vocational education have you completed?
<br />Write level and field of study and enter code from the list of supplied Education Programmes. </p>
<div class="i1">Field of Study:________<br />Code: _ _<br />[] Certificate <br />[] Diploma <br />[] Degree<br />[] None</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Certificate
2 Diploma
3 Degree
4 None
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h2"> 5.5 Education: for all persons 5 years and older </span></p>

<p><span class="em">P22: What Highest Professional/Vocational Education Has Completed?</span></p>

<p>All professional or vocational education will be recorded under this column. Find out the highest professional or vocational education the respondent has completed and what level. The levels are:</p>
<div class="i1">a. Certificate.<br />b. Diploma.<br />c. Degree and above (Bachelors, Masters. Doctorate, etc.).<br />d. None.</div><p>Write the field of study and enter code from the list of supplied educational programmes in Appendix 9. Shade the appropriate level.
<br />For students currently attending school and those not attending school write none, enter and shade Code '88'.</p>

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Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's highest professional or vocational qualification.
Universe
Zambia 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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