Census of Population and Housing 2000 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000

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Reference ID

USA_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 (US2000A_0442)

Data file: USA2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 282

End: 283

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 17

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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.

[] 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	No school completed
4	Nursery-4th grade
5	5th-8th grade
6	9th grade
7	10th grade
8	11th grade
9	12th grade, no diploma
10	High school graduate, or GED
11	Some college, no degree
12	Associate degree, occupational program
14	Bachelor s degree
15	Master s degree
16	Professional degree
17	Doctorate degree

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 respondent's highest level of educational attainment.

Universe

Persons of age 3 or older

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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