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Housing and Population Census 1980-81 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1981
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PAK_1981_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Population Census Organization, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Apr 22, 2011
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  • PAK1981-P-H

Highest educational level passed/completed (PK1981A_0408)

Data file: PAK1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 78
End: 79
Width: 2
Range: 2 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 9-10 for persons 5 years and above.]




9. Can ____ read newspaper etc, and write a simple letter?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No





[Question 10 was asked of persons who can read and write, per question 9.]




10. If yes in column 9, what is his/her highest educational level passed/completed?

[] 0 Primary
[] 1 Middle
[] 2 Matric
[] 3 Intermediate
[] 4 Certificate diploma/undergraduate
[] 5 B.A./B.Sc.
[] 6 M.A./M.Sc. and above
[] 7 BSc. and above (engineering)
[] 8 MBBS/BDS and above
[] 9 LLB and above
[] 10 Others
Categories
Value Category
2 Primary
3 Middle
4 Matric
5 Intermediate
6 Diploma / certificate (under graduate)
7 BA / BSc
8 MA / MSCc and above
9 BSc and above (engineering)
10 MBBS / BDS and above
11 LLB and above
12 Others
98 Unknown
99 NIU (not in universe)
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
2.4.12. Education status

This column will be filled about only those persons for whom code "1" or "2" has been written in 2.4.11 (for those persons who are/were students)




2.4.12. Level of education

The highest level of education which has been completed by this person will be written in this column. If any person could not pass examination of any level or did not appear in the examination or could not complete it but have studied in this level, such persons will be treated as possessing this level of education and his education level will be considered as lower level of education then this; i.e., that level which he has completed or relevance code of completed level of education be written. Detail of levels is as below:

[] 00 Primary
[] 01 Middle
[] 02 Matric
[] 03 Intermediate
[] 04 Certificate/diploma (less then degree)
[] 05 BA/BSc
[] 06 MA/MSc or higher level
[] 07 BSc engineering or higher level
[] 08 MBBS/BDS or higher level
[] 09 LLB or higher level
[] 10 Other level of education

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the highest educational level completed by the person.
Universe
Persons age 5+ who are literate

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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