1987 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1987

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MWI_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Educational attainment, Malawi (EDUCMW)

Data file: MWI1987_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 130

End: 131

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
10	None
11	Preschool
20	Primary education
21	Primary, standard 1
22	Primary, standard 2
23	Primary, standard 3
24	Primary, standard 4
25	Primary, standard 5
26	Primary, standard 6
27	Primary, standard 7
28	Primary, standard 8
29	Primary, unknown grade
30	Secondary education
31	Secondary, form 1
32	Secondary, form 2
33	Secondary, form 3
34	Secondary, form 4
35	Secondary, form 5
36	Secondary, form 6
37	Secondary, form 7
38	Secondary, form 8
39	Secondary, unknown grade
40	University
41	University, year 1
42	University, year 2
43	University, year 3
44	University, year 4
45	University, year 5
46	University, year 6
47	University, year 7
48	University, year 8
49	University, unknown year
50	Other education
51	Other education, year 1
52	Other education, year 2
53	Other education, year 3
54	Other education, year 4
55	Other education, year 5
56	Other education, year 6
57	Other education, year 7
58	Other education, year 8
59	Other education, unknown year
99	Unknown

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.

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Definition

EDUCMW indicates the person's educational attainment in Malawi in terms of the level of schooling completed.

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