World Health Survey 2003

Sri Lanka, 2003

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LKA_2003_WHS_v01_M

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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Highest level of schooling completed (q0918)

Data file: WHS-SriLanka_F4

Overview

Valid: 119

Invalid: 46

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 87

End: 93

Width: 7

Range: 1 - 2000

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was the highest level of schooling you completed?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	No formal schooling	10	8.4%
2	Less than primary school	1	0.8%
3	Primary school completed	18	15.1%
4	Secondary school completed	46	38.7%
5	High school (or equivalent) completed	34	28.6%
6	College/ pre-university/ University completed	7	5.9%
7	University post-graduate degree completed	3	2.5%
Sysmiss		46

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

This question refers to the highest level of education the respondent has successfully
attained in a health-related programme (such as medicine, nursing, biology or other). It
includes technical or vocational training beyond primary school. Excluded are short
courses (such as phlebotomy) or religious education. The level of education could have
been completed at school or elsewhere (such as through private tutoring or some other form of schooling that requires taking exams in order to complete the programme). If the respondent has not completed a formal programme, record “No formal schooling” and Go to Q0921.

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