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1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981
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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Educational attainment, Canada (EDUCCA)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 106
End: 108
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
000 No schooling
100 Less than elementary or secondary
110 Below grade 5
120 Grades 5-8
130 Grades 9-13
131 Grades 9-10
132 Grade 11
133 Grade 12
134 Grade 13
210 High school graduation certificate
220 Trades certificate or diploma
230 Apprenticeship certificate
311 Non-university without trades or college certificate or diploma
312 Non-university with trades certificate or diploma
313 Non-university with college certificate or diploma
320 University, no certificate, diploma or degree
321 University, years 1-2, no degree
322 University, years 3-4, no degree
323 University, years 5+, no degree
330 University, with certificate, diploma or degree
331 University, years 3-4, degree
332 University, years 5+, degree
333 University or college certificate or diploma
334 Bachelor or first professional degree
335 Certificate or diploma above bachelor level
336 Master's degree
337 Doctoral degree
998 Unknown
999 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
EDUCCA variable indicates the highest educational level that the person in Canada had attended or completed. The variable indicates the highest grade attended through primary and secondary, and the highest year or degree completed post-secondary.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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