Third National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

China, 1982

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CHN_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Educational attainment, China (EDUCCN)

Data file: CHN1982_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 102

End: 103

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	Illiterate or semi-literate
10	Primary school
11	Primary, attending
12	Primary, did not graduate
13	Primary, completed
19	Primary, unknown
20	Junior middle school
21	Junior middle, attending
22	Junior middle, did not graduate
23	Junior middle, completed
24	Junior middle school, others
29	Junior middle, unknown
30	Secondary school
31	Academic secondary, attending
32	Academic secondary, did not graduate
33	Academic secondary, completed
34	Academic secondary, unknown
35	Technical secondary, attending
36	Technical secondary, did not graduate
37	Technical secondary, completed
38	Technical/special training others
39	Technical secondary, unknown
40	Some college/university (associate, bachelor, master, PhD)
41	Attending two-year college
42	Did not complete two-year college
43	Attending college/university
44	Did not complete college/university
50	Graduated from college/university
51	Completed two-year degree
52	Completed degree (bachelor, master, PhD)
58	College/diploma, others
60	Unknown level of college/university study
61	Unknown, two-year college
62	Unknown, college/university
98	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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the highest educational level in China that the person had attended or completed.

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