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National Census of Housing and Population 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 1992
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BOL_1992_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • BOL1992_PHC-H-H.dat
  • BOL1992_PHC-P-H.dat

Highest education level attended (BO1992A_EDLEV)

Data file: BOL1992_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BO92A425 BO92A426 BO92A427 BO92A428"><span class="em">Only for those who are attending or attended regular schooling</span><br />[Applies to questions 12-14.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="BO92A425" v="BO92A425 BO92A426 BO92A427 BO92A428">12. What is the highest cycle or level of regular schooling that you attended or are attending?<br /><div class="i1">Previous system</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 0 Primary<br />[] 1 Secondary</div><br /><div class="i1">Current system</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 2 Basic<br />[] 3 Intermediate<br />[] 4 Middle (secondary)<br />[] 5 Technical education<br />[] 6 Normal <br />[] 7 University<br />[] 8 Other (specify) ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
2 Basic
3 Intermediate
4 Middle (secondary)
5 Technical school
6 Normal school
7 University
8 Other
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="BO92A423"><span class="h3">Question 10. Do you know how to read and write?</span><br /><br />The enumerator will ask this question of all people who are 6 or older, marking circle 7 with an X when they say YES, and circle 8 if they neither read nor write.<br /><br />If the person being enumerated only knows how to sign their name, only recognizes or writes the letters of the alphabet and isn't able to read or write a letter or a basic document, mark No.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO92A425"><span class="h3">Question 12. What is the highest cycle or level that you attend or attended in regular instruction?</span><br /><br />With this question we want to find out the highest level of instruction reached by the person being investigated, within the Regular Instructional System in effect in the country. Consider the previous system (Primary and Secondary) as well as the current system (Basic, Intermediate and Middle).<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the respondent's highest education level attended or is attending.
Universe
Bolivia 1992: Persons age 6+ who ever attended school [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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