VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981

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Reference ID

DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Last grade or year completed at this level (DO1981A_EDGRADE)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 268

End: 268

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

43. Do you currently attend or did you attend any establishment of regular schooling?</p>
<div class="i1">Currently attending</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Public<br />[] 2 Private<br />[] 3 Not attending but did attend<br />[] 4 Never attended<br />[] 9 Unknown</div><span class="em">Only for those who answered attending, or not attending but did attend, in question 43.</span> [Applies to questions 44 - 46]</p>

<p>46. What is the highest grade or year completed at this level?</p>
<div class="i1">____ Year or grade<br />____ Semester or ____ trimester</div>

Categories

Value	Category
0	None
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
8	Unknown
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="em">Question 46:</span> What is the last year or grade completed at this level?</p>

<p>The year or grade completed, and not the current year or grade, is recorded.</p>

<p>Zero is recorded for those who have not yet completed the first grade or year.</p>

<p>For those indicating university: trimester, semester, or year is recorded according to the case.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person’s last grade or year completed at the highest level of school they have attended or are currently attending.

Universe

Dominican Republic 1981: Persons age 5+ who currently attend school or have attended school in the past [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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