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Census of Population and Housing 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2000
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PRI_2000_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Educational attainment recode (PR2000A_0433)

Data file: PRI2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 259
End: 259
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
8.b. What grade or level was this person attending?
Mark [X] one box.
[Persons who attended public or private school at any time since February 1, 2000.]

[] Nursery school, preschool
[] Kindergarten
[] Grade 1 to grade 4
[] Grade 5 to grade 8
[] Grade 9 to grade 12
[] College undergraduate years (freshman to senior)
[] Graduate or professional school (for example: medical, dental or law school)

9. What is the highest degree or level of school this person has "completed"?
Mark [X] one box. If currently enrolled, mark the previous grade or highest degree received.
[Persons who have not attended school since February 1, 2000]

[] No schooling completed
[] Nursery school to 4th grade
[] 5th grade or 6th grade
[] 7th grade or 8th grade
[] 9th grade
[] 10th grade
[] 11th grade
[] 12th grade - no diploma
[] High school graduate - high school diploma or the equivalent (for example: GED)
[] Some college credit, but less than 1 year
[] 1 or more years of college, no degree
[] Associate degree (for example: AA, AS)
[] Bachelor's degree (for example: BA, AB, BS)
[] Master's degree (for example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA)
[] Professional degree (for example: MD, DDS, DVM, LLB, JD)
[] Doctorate degree (for example: PhD, EdD)
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 None or preschool
2 Grade 1, 2, 3, or 4
3 Grade 5, 6, 7, or 8
4 Grade 9
5 Grade 10
6 Grade 11
7 Grade 12
8 1 to 3 years of college
9 4+ years of college
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 a person's educational attainment recode.
Universe
Persons age 3+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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