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National Census of Housing and Population 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Bolivia, 2001
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BOL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning and Coordination, Republic of Bolivia, IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • BOL2001_PHC-H-H.dat
  • BOL2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Years of schooling in the level prior to highest level completed (BO2001A_PREREQYR)

Data file: BOL2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 247
End: 248
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BO01A436 BO01A437 BO01A438 BO01A439 BO01A440 BO01A441 BO01A442 BO01A443 BO01A444 BO01A445 BO01A446 BO01A447 BO01A448 BO01A449 BO01A450 BO01A451 BO01A452 BO01A453"><span class="h1">Chapter E. Only for those 4 years of age and older</span><br />[Questions 35-41 were asked of all persons 4 years or older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO01A443 BO01A444">40. To enter this level, what level and grade did you have to pass?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 40 was asked of persons aged 4 years and older whose highest levels of education were university or higher, per Question 39.]<br /><br />After each level, there is a [] for the number of the grade</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 11 None<br />In the previous system:<br />[] 13 Basic<br />[] 14 Intermediate<br />[] 15 Middle<br />In the current system<br />[] 16 Primary<br />[] 17 Secondary</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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 v="BO01A436 BO01A437 BO01A438 BO01A439 BO01A440 BO01A441 BO01A442 BO01A443 BO01A444 BO01A445 BO01A446 BO01A447 BO01A448 BO01A449 BO01A450 BO01A451 BO01A452 BO01A453"><span class="h2">Chapter E. Only for persons 4 years of age and older</span><br /><br />If the person is 4 years of age or older, the enumerator will proceed with question 35. If younger, the interview is ended and the next person is interviewed.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BO01A443 BO01A444"><span class="em">Question 40. To be admitted to this level, what was the educational level and grade completed?</span><br /><br />This question is designed to investigate the educational level or cycle attended and the grade or class completed before entering the educational levels declared in question 39.<br /><br />The criteria and recording procedures are the same as in question 39.<br /><br /><span class="em">For example:</span><br /><br />Dionisio says that to enter the Sergeant's Military School of "Maximiliano Paredes", he completed the fourth grade of secondary.<br /><br />The form is filled out as follows:<br /><br />[The instructions refer to a graphic of the census form with appropriate ovals filled in.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's years of schooling in the level prior to highest level completed.
Universe
Bolivia 2001: Persons age 4+ whose highest level of education was university or higher [discrepancies: type I none, type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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