Population Census 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Hungary, 1980

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HUN_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Highest educational attainment (HU1980A_0416)

Data file: HUN1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 151

End: 152

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

11. Educational level

Only for those born before 1973.

a) Type of school

[] Primary school
[] Higher primary school
[] Apprentice school
[] Vocational school
[] Secondary school
[] Third-level school

b) Class (year) completed ____

c) School completed ____

[] 19 _ _ 0 Skilled worker's certificate
[] 19 _ _ 1 Vocational school diploma
[] 19 _ _ 2, 3 Secondary school-leaving certificate qualifying certificate
[] 19 _ _ 4-9 Diploma, leaving certificate

d) Year of obtaining the certificate 19 _ _

Categories

Value	Category
0	No schooling
11	Primary (general) school: grade 1
12	Primary (general) school: grade 2
13	Primary (general) school: grade 3
14	Primary (general) school: grade 4
15	Primary (general) school: grade 5
16	Primary (general) school: grade 6
17	Primary (general) school: grade 7
18	Primary (general) school: grade 8
21	Higher elementary school: grade 1
22	Higher elementary school: grade 2
23	Higher elementary school: grade 3
30	Certificate of skilled worker: acquired at the day section of an apprentice school (in 1961 or later)
40	Certificate of skilled worker: acquired at the day section of an apprentice school (in 1976 or later)
50	Secondary school final examination, school leaving certificate
60	Diploma from a non-university third-level educational institution
70	University diploma
98	Unknown
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.

Interviewer instructions

11. Educational attainment

The number of the completed grade in each of the types of schools listed in sub-question 11/a will be entered into the quads in sub-question 11/b and the qualification obtained will be underlined at sub-question 11/c. The educational attainment should be enumerated according to the prevailing educational system.

Qualifications obtained at specialized courses must not be entered. The former statement does not valid in cases of specialized courses if the respective legislation is specifying that by taking some state exams the given qualification will be equivalent with a completed secondary or higher education. To accept i.e. to enter the answer to questions 11 and 12 is possible only if all the required exams had been taken by the respondent.

11/b Class (grade) completed

The completed grade is the one which might be confirmed by a certificate. In case the respondent had visited several schools of the same type the classes completed must not be summarized but the highest grade completed should be marked. In case a person born before 1973 did not attend school or at the reference date of the census is at the first grade of the primary school "0" will be entered into the quad at inscription "general, primary" and the other quads remain empty. In each of the cases after the last completed year "0" is entered and the following quads remain blank.

Schools for mentally defective persons are treated as general (primary) schools.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person's highest educational attainment.

Universe

Persons age 7+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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