Demographic and Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2007

Reference ID

BGD_2007_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Educational attainment (H_EDSUMM)

Data file: BGD2007-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 303

End: 303

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

13) What is the level of schooling (NAME) has last attended? SEE CODES BELOW. What is the highest class (NAME) completed at that level? SEE CODES BELOW.

LEVEL

PRIMARY 1
SECONDARY 2
COLLEGE AND HIGHER 3

CLASS

LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED 00
DON'T KNOW 98

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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