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Labour Force Survey, 2011
LFS-Q1, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Italy, 2011
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Reference ID
ITA_2011_LFS-Q1_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Highest level of education attained (IT2011H_SG24)

Data file: ITA2011_LFS-Q1-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 206
End: 207
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SG24. What is the highest level of education you have obtained? This includes diplomas awarded by professional education and training institutes (IFP, IFTS, ITS).</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 No education [go to SG29]<br />[] 2 Primary school [go to SG26]<br />[] 3 Middle school [go to SG26]<br />[] 4 High school diploma of 2-3 years, not allowing university enrollment [go to SG25]<br />[] 5 High school diploma of 4-5 years, allowing university enrollment [go to SG25]<br />[] 6 Arts diploma, 2-3 year university degree undergraduate degree 3 years<br />[] 7 2-year university diploma [go to SG24B]<br />[] 8 3-year first level degree [go to SG24B]<br />[] 9 2-year second level specialist degree [go to SG24B]<br />[] 10 Degree of four years or more (old system or master's degree single cycle) [go to SG24B]<br /><br />[Recoded in the variables TISTUD and EDULEV]</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 No education
02 Primary school
03 Middle school
04 High school diploma of 2-3 years, not allowing university enrollment
05 High school diploma of 4-5 years, allowing university enrollment
06 Arts diploma, 2-3 year university degree undergraduate degree 3 years
09 Bachelor's degree, 2-year Master's
11 Post-graduate, including 1st and 2nd level Masters
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the highest level of education attained by the person.
Universe
Italy 2011 Q1 LFS: Persons age 15+

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Concept
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