Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998

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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Summary educational achievement (C_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 499

End: 499

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

109 What is the highest (standard/year) you completed?

LESS THAN ONE YEAR COMPLETED 00
SUB A/CLASS 1 71
SUB B/CLASS 2 72
STANDARD 1 01
STANDARD 2 02
STANDARD 3 03
STANDARD 4 04
STANDARD 5 05
STANDARD 6 06
STANDARD 7 07
STANDARD 8 08
STANDARD 9 09
STANDARD 10 10
FURTHER STUDIES INCOMPLETE 11
DIPLOMA/OTHER POSTSCHOOLCOMPLETE 12
FURTHER DEGREE COMPLETE 13

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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