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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1996
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Reference ID
TZA_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Bureau of Statistics, Planning Commission [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Educational attainment (H_EDSUMM)

Data file: TZA1996-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 255
End: 255
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
IF ATTENDED

(9) What is the highest formal school (NAME) completed?

00 LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED
01 STANDARD 1
02 STANDARD 2
03 STANDARD 3
04 STANDARD 4
05 STANDARD 5
06 STANDARD 6
07 STANDARD 7
08 STANDARD 8
09 FORM 1
10 FORM 2
11 FORM 3
12 FORM 4
13 FORM 5
14 FORM 6
15 UNIVERSITY
96 OTHER
98 DON'T KNOW
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
6 Other
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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
EDSUMM (HV109) is a summary variable that reports the household member's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDSUMM is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

EDSUMM is constructed from information contained in EDLEVEL (HV106) and EDLEVYR (HV107).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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