Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011

Jamaica, 2011

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Reference ID

JAM_2011_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistical Institute of Jamaica, United Nations Children’s Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Metadata

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Jan 12, 2015

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Level of education attended previous school year (ED8A)

Data file: hl

Overview

Valid: 5481

Invalid: 13796

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 43

End: 43

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

During that previous school year, which level and grade did (name) attend? Level:

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Preschool	694	12.7%
1	Primary	2413	44%
2	Lower Secondary	2101	38.3%
3	Upper Secondary	269	4.9%
4	Professional School	0	0%
5	College/University and above	0	0%
8	DK	4	0.1%
9	Missing	0	0%
Sysmiss		13796

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

For household members age 5 and above, ask ED1-ED8:

Circle the code for the level of school attended and fill in the child's grade or circle '8' if the respondent doesn't know the level and/or '98' if the respondent doesn't know the grade. If the child was in preschool or kindergarten, and grades are not used, leave grade blank, and skip to the next person.

Description

Source of information

Head of household or other responsible household member

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