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Population and Housing Census 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Iraq, 1997
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Reference ID
IRQ_1997_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Republic of Iraq, Board of Ministers, Planning Commission, Central Statistical Organization, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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  • IRQ1997-P-H

Highest certificate (IQ1997A_0443)

Data file: IRQ1997-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 261
End: 262
Width: 2
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
The fields (68-70) are filled for those who are more than (10) years old, excluding the students who were born in 1987 or earlier.



69. For persons with certificates (mark with an [x] the highest certificate)

[] 1 Primary
[] 2 Intermediate
[] 3 Secondary
[] 4 Vocational
[] 5 Diploma
[] 6 B.A. or B.SCB
[] 7 Higher diploma
[] 8 M.A. or MSC
[] 9 Ph.D.
[] Higher degree acquired
[] Others
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Primary
2 Intermediate or preparatory
3 Secondary
4 Vocational schools
5 Diploma (2 or 3 years after secondary)
6 B.Sc.
7 Higher diploma
8 M.Sc.
9 Ph.D
10 Highest professional degree
97 Others
99 Unknown
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
69. For person with certificate:
The certificate here means the certificates accepted by the ministry or Education or the ministry of Higher education and scientific Research, if the person acquires a primary certificate the sign is put in the square opposite to the word (primary), if the person completed the intermediate level the sign (x) is put in the square opposite to the word (intermediate), if the person gets a certificate from one of the industrial preparatory schools or agricultural or commercial the sign is put in the square opposite to the (vocational). If the person gets Bachelor the sign put in the square opposite to the word (bachelor), if the person gets a higher professional certificate the sign is put in the square opposite to the phrase (higher professional certificate) for example (M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S., and so on. If the person gets a certificate not mentioned in the questionnaire the sign is put opposite to the word (others).

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the highest educational certificate the person has obtained.
Universe
Persons age 10+ with a certificate

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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