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Ecuador, 2001
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Reference ID
ECU_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Level of instruction (EC2001A_EDLEVEL)

Data file: ECU2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 229
End: 230
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="EC01A424 EC01A445">13. What is the highest level of education that he/she attends or attended?<br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Literacy center<br />[ ] 2 Elementary<br />[ ] 3 Secondary<br />[ ] 4 Basic school<br />[ ] 5 Middle school<br />[ ] 6 Post-high school<br />[ ] 7 University<br />[ ] 8 Post-graduate<br />[ ] 9 Don't know</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 None
01 Literacy
02 Primary
03 Secondary
04 Basic Education
05 Middle School Education
06 Post secondary education
07 Higher education
08 Graduate education
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="EC01A424 EC01A445"><span class="em">Question 13.- What is the highest level of instruction that you are attending or attended?</span><br /><br />[There is a picture of question 13 from this section of the enumeration form.]<br /><br />Mark the box that corresponds to the highest level of education the person being interviewed is attending or attended. Keep in mind that being investigated is the level of studies according to the traditional system or the current system, which refers to the curricular reform and which is being applied in some educational establishments.<br /><br />You should mark <span class="em">none</span> if the person being interviewed never attended any formal educational center. In that case, <span class="em">move on to question 16 and continue with the interview.</span><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the level of education attained by the person.
Universe
Ecuador 2001: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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