Demographic and Health Survey 1993-1994 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1993 - 1994

Reference ID

BGD_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

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Aug 23, 2018

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Summary educational achievement (B_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: BGD1994-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 463

End: 463

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

IF ATTENDED SCHOOL
12. What is the highest level of school (NAME) attended? What is the highest class (NAME) completed?

LEVEL

1 PRIMARY
2 SECONDARY
3 COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY
8 DOES NOT KNOW

CLASS

00 LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED
98 DOES NOT KNOW

IF AGED LESS THAN 25 YEARS

Value	Category
0	No education
1	Incomplete primary
2	Complete primary
3	Incomplete secondary
4	Complete secondary
5	Higher
8	Missing

Description

Definition

EDACHIEVER (V149) is a summary variable that reports the woman's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDACHIEVER is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

EDACHIEVER is constructed from information contained in EDUCLVL (V106) and YRSCHL (V107).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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