International Measures of Schooling Years and Schooling Quality 1960-1990
Afghanistan, Angola, Albania...and 133 more, 1960 - 1990
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Reference ID
WLD_1990_SYSQ_v01_M
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Jong-Wha Lee and Robert J. Barro
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Identification
Survey ID number
WLD_1990_SYSQ_v01_M
Title
International Measures of Schooling Years and Schooling Quality 1960-1990
Country/Economy
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | AFG |
| Angola | AGO |
| Albania | ALB |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE |
| Argentina | ARG |
| Australia | AUS |
| Austria | AUT |
| Burundi | BDI |
| Belgium | BEL |
| Benin | BEN |
| Burkina Faso | BFA |
| Bulgaria | BGR |
| Bahrain | BHR |
| Bahamas, The | BHS |
| Bolivia | BOL |
| Brazil | BRA |
| Barbados | BRB |
| Botswana | BWA |
| Canada | CAN |
| Switzerland | CHE |
| Chile | CHL |
| China | CHN |
| Cameroon | CMR |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | COD |
| Congo, Rep. | COG |
| Colombia | COL |
| Comoros | COM |
| Cabo Verde | CPV |
| Costa Rica | CRI |
| Cuba | CUB |
| Cyprus | CYP |
| Germany | DEU |
| Germany | DEU |
| Dominica | DMA |
| Denmark | DNK |
| Algeria | DZA |
| Ecuador | ECU |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY |
| Spain | ESP |
| Ethiopia | ETH |
| Finland | FIN |
| Fiji | FJI |
| France | FRA |
| Gabon | GAB |
| United Kingdom | GBR |
| Ghana | GHA |
| Guinea | GIN |
| Gambia, The | GMB |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB |
| Greece | GRC |
| Grenada | GRD |
| Guatemala | GTM |
| Guyana | GUY |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG |
| Honduras | HND |
| Haiti | HTI |
| Hungary | HUN |
| Indonesia | IDN |
| India | IND |
| Ireland | IRL |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN |
| Iraq | IRQ |
| Iceland | ISL |
| Israel | ISR |
| Italy | ITA |
| Jamaica | JAM |
| Jordan | JOR |
| Japan | JPN |
| Kenya | KEN |
| Kuwait | KWT |
| Liberia | LBR |
| Sri Lanka | LKA |
| Lesotho | LSO |
| Luxembourg | LUX |
| Morocco | MAR |
| Madagascar | MDG |
| Mexico | MEX |
| Mali | MLI |
| Malta | MLT |
| Myanmar | MMR |
| Mozambique | MOZ |
| Mauritania | MRT |
| Mauritius | MUS |
| Malawi | MWI |
| Malaysia | MYS |
| Niger | NER |
| Nigeria | NGA |
| Nicaragua | NIC |
| Netherlands | NLD |
| Norway | NOR |
| Nepal | NPL |
| New Zealand | NZL |
| Oman | OMN |
| Pakistan | PAK |
| Panama | PAN |
| Peru | PER |
| Philippines | PHL |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG |
| Poland | POL |
| Portugal | PRT |
| Paraguay | PRY |
| Romania | ROU |
| Rwanda | RWA |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU |
| Sudan | SDN |
| Senegal | SEN |
| Singapore | SGP |
| Solomon Islands | SLB |
| Sierra Leone | SLE |
| El Salvador | SLV |
| Somalia | SOM |
| Suriname | SUR |
| Sweden | SWE |
| Eswatini | SWZ |
| Seychelles | SYC |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SYR |
| Chad | TCD |
| Togo | TGO |
| Thailand | THA |
| Tonga | TON |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO |
| Tunisia | TUN |
| Turkiye | TUR |
| Taiwan, China | TWN |
| Tanzania | TZA |
| Uganda | UGA |
| Uruguay | URY |
| United States | USA |
| Venezuela, RB | VEN |
| Vanuatu | VUT |
| Yemen, Rep. | YEM |
| South Africa | ZAF |
| Zambia | ZMB |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE |
| Yugoslavia Fed. Rep. | YUG |
| Czechoslovakia | CSK |
Abstract
This study provides an update on measures of educational attainment for a broad cross section of countries. In our previous work (Barro and Lee, 1993), we constructed estimates of educational attainment by sex for persons aged 25 and over. The values applied to 129 countries over a five-year intervals from 1960 to 1985.
The present study adds census information for 1985 and 1990 and updates the estimates of educational attainment to 1990. We also have been able to add a few countries, notably China, which were previously omitted because of missing data.
Dataset:
Educational attainment at various levels for the male and female population. The data set includes estimates of educational attainment for the population by age - over age 15 and over age 25 - for 126 countries in the world. (see Barro, Robert and J.W. Lee, "International Measures of Schooling Years and Schooling Quality, AER, Papers and Proceedings, 86(2), pp. 218-223 and also see "International Data on Education", manuscipt.) Data are presented quinquennially for the years 1960-1990;
Educational quality across countries. Table 1 presents data on measures of schooling inputs at five-year intervals from 1960 to 1990. Table 2 contains the data on average test scores for the students of the different age groups for the various subjects.Please see Jong-Wha Lee and Robert J. Barro, "Schooling Quality in a Cross-Section of Countries," (NBER Working Paper No.w6198, September 1997) for more detailed explanation and sources of data.
The present study adds census information for 1985 and 1990 and updates the estimates of educational attainment to 1990. We also have been able to add a few countries, notably China, which were previously omitted because of missing data.
Dataset:
Educational attainment at various levels for the male and female population. The data set includes estimates of educational attainment for the population by age - over age 15 and over age 25 - for 126 countries in the world. (see Barro, Robert and J.W. Lee, "International Measures of Schooling Years and Schooling Quality, AER, Papers and Proceedings, 86(2), pp. 218-223 and also see "International Data on Education", manuscipt.) Data are presented quinquennially for the years 1960-1990;
Educational quality across countries. Table 1 presents data on measures of schooling inputs at five-year intervals from 1960 to 1990. Table 2 contains the data on average test scores for the students of the different age groups for the various subjects.Please see Jong-Wha Lee and Robert J. Barro, "Schooling Quality in a Cross-Section of Countries," (NBER Working Paper No.w6198, September 1997) for more detailed explanation and sources of data.
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The data set cobvers the following countries:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas, The
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape verde
- Central African Rep.
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Rep.
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany, East
- Germany, West
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, I.R. of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Korea
- Kuwait
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St.Lucia
- St.Vincent & Grens.
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- U.S.S.R.
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Western Samoa
- Yemen, N.Arab
- Yugoslavia
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name |
|---|
| Jong-Wha Lee and Robert J. Barro |
Data collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1990 |
Time periods
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1990 |
Data Access
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
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Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Research Group | World Bank | research@worldbank.org | http://go.worldbank.org/B9W4QTDHR0 |
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_WLD_1990_SYSQ_v02_M
Date of Metadata Production
2011-04-07
Metadata version
DDI Document version
DDI Document - Version 02 - (04/27/21)
This version is identical to DDI_WLD_1990_SYSQ_v01_M but country field has been updated to capture all the countries covered by survey.
Version 01 (April 2011)