Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012

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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

General Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Highest education level completed (SR2012A_EDLEV)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 225

End: 226

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h1">Personal module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Persons aged 4 and above (education) school year 2011 / 2012</span>
<br />[Questions P25 - P29 were asked of persons aged 4 and above about their education.]</p>

<p>P28. What is the highest level of formal education completed by this person?</p>
<div class="i1">See flash card<br /><br />Type of education</div><div class="i2">[] 1 KLO<br />[] 2 GLO / BO<br />[] 3 VOJ<br />[] 4 IMEAO, NATIN, AMTO<br />[] 5 Teacher training for primary education<br />[] 6 HAVO, VWO<br />[] 7 Higher vocational education<br />[] 8 University<br />[] 9 No education (go to question P30)<br />[] 97 Don't know (go to question P30)<br />[] 99 No response (go to question P30)</div><div class="i1">Class / Year ____</div>

Categories

Value	Category
00	No education
01	Kindergarten (KLO)
02	Primary (GLO, BO)
03	Junior secondary (VOJ)
04	Senior secondary vocational (IMEAO, NATIN)
05	Teacher training for primary education
06	Senior secondary (HAVO, VWO)
07	Higher vocational (HBO)
08	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 completed by the person.

Universe

Suriname 2012: Persons age 4+ [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 0.1%]

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