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XV National Population and IV Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 1985 - 1986
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COL_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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  • COL1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Highest level of education attained (CO1985A_EDLEVEL)

Data file: COL1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 186
End: 186
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CO85A409 CO85A410 CO85A411 CO85A412 CO85A413 CO85A414 CO85A415"><span class="h2">C. For persons five years old or more.</span><br />[Applies to questions 35 - 41]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A415"><span class="em">41. What education level does the last year correspond to?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 None<br />[] 3 Primary<br />[] 5 Secondary<br />[] 7 College or university</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 None
2 Primary
3 Secondary
4 College or university
8 Unknown
9 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="CO85A409 CO85A410 CO85A411 CO85A412 CO85A413 CO85A414 CO85A415"><span class="h3">C. For persons 5 years old or older</span><br /><br />(Question 35 to 41)<br /><br />Take care to fill out this part C of Section V, only for persons who are 5 years old or older.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO85A415"><span class="em">Question No. 41 Educational level</span><br /><br />[Below the text is a form.]<br /><br />Mark "x" in the corresponding box. Take into account the following situations:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">Primary</span>: It is the initial cycle of education. It consists of 5 years.<br /><span class="em">Secondary of bachelor</span>: In this level classic or academic bachelor, technical bachelor (agriculture, commercial, industrial or of social promotion) and pedagogic or primary school teacher bachelor should be included.<br /><span class="em">Superior or university</span>: It is the education that requires having taken bachelor courses.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's highest level of education attained.
Universe
Colombia 1985: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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