Population, Housing and Establishment Census 1986 - IPUMS Subset
Egypt, Arab Rep., 1986
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Reference ID
EGY_1986_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, IPUMS
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- EGY1986_PHC-H-H
- EGY1986_PHC-P-H
Educational attainment (EG1986A_EDATTAIN)
Data file: EGY1986_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
187
End:
188
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">Part B: Individual data</span></p>
<p><span class="em">7. Educational status or last educational certificate </span>
<br />[Question 7 was asked of persons 10 years and over.]</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Underage<br />[] 2 Illiterate<br />[] 3 Read and write (literate)<br />[] 4 Certificate</div>
<p><span class="em">7. Educational status or last educational certificate </span>
<br />[Question 7 was asked of persons 10 years and over.]</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Underage<br />[] 2 Illiterate<br />[] 3 Read and write (literate)<br />[] 4 Certificate</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Illiterate (cannot read or write; can read but cannot write) |
| 10 | Primary, general |
| 13 | Vocational training |
| 16 | Primary, religious |
| 19 | Other primary |
| 20 | Preparatory, general or secondary studies from Yemen, Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, or Sudan |
| 21 | Preparatory, agricultural |
| 22 | Preparatory, commercial |
| 23 | Preparatory, industrial |
| 24 | Women's studies, less than secondary (tailoring, nursing) |
| 26 | Preparatory, religious (Al-Azhar basic education certificate) or Islamic Studies Institutes in Somalia |
| 29 | Other preparatory/lower secondary |
| 30 | Secondary, general |
| 31 | Secondary, agricultural |
| 32 | Secondary, commercial |
| 33 | Secondary, industrial |
| 34 | Secondary, women |
| 35 | Secondary, education |
| 36 | Secondary, religious (Al-Azhar secondary education certificate) |
| 39 | Other secondary |
| 41 | Technical diploma, agriculture |
| 42 | Technical diploma, commercial |
| 43 | Technical diploma, industrial |
| 44 | Technical diploma, arts |
| 45 | Technical diploma, teaching |
| 46 | Technical diploma, religion |
| 49 | Other technical diploma or equivalent |
| 50 | Bachelor, medicine, dentistry, veterinary, pharmacy |
| 51 | Bachelor, agriculture |
| 52 | Bachelor, commerce and economics |
| 53 | Bachelor, engineering and plastic arts |
| 54 | Bachelor, science |
| 55 | Bachelor, teaching or educational qualification from high teacher's institutes |
| 56 | Bachelor, Al-Azhar and other religion qualifications |
| 57 | Bachelor, arts |
| 58 | Bachelor, rights |
| 59 | Other bachelor or equivalent |
| 60 | Gradaute diploma, human medicine, veterinary, dentistry, and pharmacy |
| 61 | Graduate diploma, agriculture |
| 62 | Graduate diploma, business and economics |
| 63 | Graduate diploma, science, engineering, and plastic arts |
| 65 | Graduate diploma, teaching and education |
| 69 | Other graduate diploma |
| 70 | Master, human medicine, veterinary, dentistry, and pharmacy |
| 71 | Master, agriculture |
| 72 | Master, commerce and economics |
| 73 | Master, engineering |
| 74 | Master, science |
| 75 | Master, education |
| 77 | Master, arts |
| 79 | Other master |
| 80 | Ph.D, human medicine, veterinary, dentistry, and pharmacy |
| 81 | Ph. D, agriculture |
| 82 | Ph. D, commerce and economics |
| 83 | Ph. D, engineering |
| 84 | Ph. D, science |
| 85 | Ph. D, education |
| 86 | Ph. D, religion |
| 87 | Ph. D, arts |
| 88 | Ph. D, rights |
| 89 | Other Ph. D |
| 90 | Read and Write |
| 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.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's educational attainment.
Universe
Egypt 1986: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I 0.5%; type II 1.8%]
concept
Concept