2012 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2012

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Reference ID

TZA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Level of education attained (TZ2012A_EDATTAIN)

Data file: TZA2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 244

End: 245

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

C. Education: All persons aged 4 years and above
 [Questions 20-22 were asked of persons aged 4+] 

22. Level of education 
<div class="i1">What level of education has [the respondent] completed or is currently attending? _ _ Write and shade the appropriate code. Codes are in a separate handbook.</div>

Categories

Value	Category
00	Nursery education
01	Primary standard 1
02	Primary standard 2
03	Primary standard 3
04	Primary standard 4
05	Primary standard 5
06	Primary standard 6
07	Primary standard 7
08	Primary standard 8
09	Secondary form 1
10	Secondary form 2
11	Secondary form 3
12	Secondary form 4
13	Secondary form 5
14	Secondary form 6
15	University and other related
16	Training after primary education
17	Training after secondary education
18	Pre-form one education
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 level of education attained by the person.

Universe

Tanzania 2012: Persons age 4+ who ever attended school [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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