Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Woman's highest educational level (female household members) (H_HWFEDUCLVL)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 465

End: 466

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

109. What is the highest level of school you attended: primary, secondary, or higher?

PRIMARY 1
SECONDARY 2
HIGHER 3

Value	Category
00	No education
10	Primary
20	Secondary
30	Higher
31	College
32	University
40	Other
41	Technical/vocational
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For female household members, HWFEDUCLVL (HA66) reports the highest level of school they attended. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but HWFEDUCLVL is a standardized variable reporting level of education in four broad categories: No education, Primary, Secondary, and Higher.

The DHS recode manuals state, "In some countries the educational system does not fit naturally within this scheme, and a different categorization was used for the Final Report. In this case, this variable is constructed as accurately as possible from the country's own scheme, and the variable used for the Final Report is included as a country-specific variable."

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Female biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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