Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006

Reference ID

BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Educational attainment (H_EDSUMM)

Data file: BEN2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 376

End: 376

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

15) LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: What is the highest level of school (NAME) has attended? What is the highest grade (NAME) completed at that level?

LEVEL____

1=PRIMARY
2=SECONDARY 1
3=SECONDARY 2
4=HIGHER
6=OTHER

GRADE____

00=LESS THAN ONE YEAR FINISHED
98=DON'T KNOW

Value	Category
0	No education
1	Incomplete primary
2	Complete primary
3	Incomplete secondary
4	Complete secondary
5	Higher
6	Other
7	Don't know
8	Missing

Description

Definition

EDSUMM (HV109) is a summary variable that reports the household member's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDSUMM is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

EDSUMM is constructed from information contained in EDLEVEL (HV106) and EDLEVYR (HV107).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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