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National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census - IPUMS Subset

Peru, 2017
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Reference ID
PER_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics and Computing, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Jul 30, 2025
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  • PER2017_PHC-H-H.dat
  • PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat

Last completed grade in primary school (PE2017A_EDGRADEPR)

Data file: PER2017_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 271
End: 271
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Section V. Characteristics of the population</span></p>

<p><span class="em">13. What is the last level and grade or year of study you passed?</span><div class="i1">(Fill in one oval only. For elementary school, indicate grade or year)<br /><br />[] 1 No level<br />[] 2 Initial<br />[] 3 Elementary school</div><div class="i2">Grade or year _</div><div class="i1">[] 4 High school</div><div class="i2">Year _</div><div class="i1">[] 5 Basic special school</div><div class="i2">Year _</div><div class="i1">[] 6 Incomplete non-university higher education<br />[] 7 Complete non-university higher education<br />[] 8 Incomplete university education<br />[] 9 Complete university education<br />[] 10 Master's / doctorate degree</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Grade 1
2 Grade 2
3 Grade 3
4 Grade 4
5 Grade 5
6 Grade 6
8 Reported year within the primary
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
<span class="em">For people of 3 years of age and older</span>
<br />[Questions 11 to 15 are asked of persons age 3 or older]</p>

<p><span class="h3">Question 13: What is the last level and grade or year of study you passed?</span></p>

<p>If the respondent:</p>
<div class="i1">- State elementary school, ask for year or grade of study he/she passed and write it down in the corresponding box.<br />- Passed transition only, fill in the oval of option 3, "elementary school", and in the box "year" write down: 0 (zero).<br />- If he/she declares high school, ask for the year of studies he/she passed and write it in the corresponding box.<br />- If he/she studied non-school education, write the year he/she passed in his/her corresponding level.<br />- If he/she states non-university higher education or university education, ask if it is complete or incomplete and fill in the oval of the corresponding option.<br />- If he/she has a master's or doctorate degree, ask if he/she has completed the first year of studies. If so, fill in the oval of option 10, "master's/doctorate degree".<br />- The "basic special school" option is for the exclusive use of those who study in basic special education centers. Ask for the last year he/she attended and write it down in the corresponding box. This option does not include people in regular classrooms (inclusive education).</div><span class="em">Elementary school</span>: According to the current educational system, it comprises from 1st to 6th grade. In the previous educational system, it covered: Transition and from 1st to 5th grade, either in the junior or adult modality.

Description

Universe
Peru 2017: Persons age 3+ whose highest education is primary [discrepancies: type I none; type II 5.6%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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