Census of Canada 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981

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Reference ID

CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Highest level of schooling of wife or single female parent (CA1981A_0465)

Data file: CAN1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 331

End: 332

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

31. What is the highest grade or year of secondary (high) or elementary school you ever attended?

See guide for further information.
[] No schooling or kindergarten only
Or
[] Highest grade or year (1 to 13) of secondary or elementary school _ _

32. How many years of education have you ever completed at university?

[] None
[] Less than 1 year (of completed courses)
[] Number of completed years _ _

33. How many years of schooling have you ever completed at an institution other than a university, secondary (high) or elementary school? Include years of schooling at community colleges, institutes of technology, CEGEPs (general and professional), private trade schools or private business colleges, diploma schools of nursing, etc.

See guide for further information.
[] None
[] Less than 1 year (of completed courses)
[] Number of completed years _ _

Categories

Value	Category
1	Less than grade 5 (elementary and secondary only)
2	Grades 5 - 8 (elementary and secondary only)
3	Grades 9 - 13 (elementary and secondary only)
4	Secondary school graduation certificate (elementary and secondary only)
5	Trades certificate or diploma (elementary and secondary only)
6	With other non-university certificate (non-university education only)
7	With trades certifciate or diploma (non-university education only)
8	Without other non-university or trades certificate or diploma (non-university education only)
9	Without certifcate diploma or degree (university)
10	With certificate or diploma (university)
11	With bachelor's degree or higher (university)
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 grade or year of elementary or secondary (high) school that the wife or single female parent in a census family attended, or the highest year of university or college education she completed.

Universe

Persons in census families not headed by male lone parents

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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