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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Field of study: advanced degree (2 digit) (DO2002A_FIELDAD2)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 271
End: 272
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
42. (a) What basic field is/did [the respondent] studying/study?</p>
<div class="i1">____</div><p>(b) What specialty, masters or doctorate does/did [the respondent] take? Skip to question 45</p>
<div class="i1">Fill in the space only if the answer to question 40 was option 6, 7 or 8.<br />____</div>
Categories
Value Category
14 Teacher training and education science
21 Arts
22 Humanities
31 Social and behavorial science
32 Journalism and information
34 Business and administration
38 Law
42 Life sciences
44 Physical sciences
46 Mathematics and statistics
48 Computing
52 Engineering and engineering trades
54 Manufacturing and processing
58 Architecture and construction
62 Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
72 Health
76 Social services
81 Personal services
85 Environmental protection
98 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">For People Age 3 or Older </span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 42: a) What is the career that (NAME) studied or studies?</span>
<br />Write down the career indicated by the interviewee. The career is the one that is studied before graduate school. For example: Medicine, Economics, Law, Engineering, Business Administration, Computer Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Accounting, etc.
<br />If the person answered a graduate specialty, master's degree or doctorate in question 40 (codes 6,7 or 8) ask:
<br /><span class="em">b) What graduate specialty, master's degree or doctorate (NAME) is studying or studied?</span>
<br />Record in the corresponding boxes the name of the graduate (specialty, Master's or doctorate) that the interviewee is studying or studied.
<br />If the interviewee answered questions 42a) or 42b) skip to question 45 and then: verify in question 30 if the person is 30 years of age or younger, if that is the case go to question 43. If the person is 30 years of age or older skip to question 45.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates a person's field of study in his or her advanced degree (2 digit).
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Persons who have attended an advanced degree [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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