Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009

Reference ID

MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Summary educational achievement (C_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: MDG2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 575

End: 575

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

110. What is the highest grade you completed at that level?

GRADE _____

0 LESS THAN ONE YEAR COMPLETED (FOR ALL LEVELS)

PRIMARY

1 1ST GRADE
2 2ND GRADE
3 3RD GRADE
4 4TH GRADE
5 5TH GRADE
8 DOESN'T KNOW

MIDDLE SCHOOL

1 6TH GRADE
2 7TH GRADE
3 8TH GRADE
4 9TH GRADE
8 DOESN'T KNOW

HIGH SCHOOL

1 10TH GRADE
2 11TH GRADE
3 12TH GRADE
8 DOESN'T KNOW

POST-SECONDARY

1 ONE YEAR
2 TWO YEARS
3 THREE YEARS
4 FOUR YEARS
5 FIVE OR MORE YEARS
8 DOESN'T KNOW

Value	Category
0	No education
1	Incomplete primary
2	Complete primary
3	Incomplete secondary
4	Complete secondary
5	Higher
8	Missing

Description

Definition

EDACHIEVER (V149) is a summary variable that reports the woman's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDACHIEVER is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

EDACHIEVER is constructed from information contained in EDUCLVL (V106) and YRSCHL (V107).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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