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Eighth General Population and Housing Census, 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2012
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SUR_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Education level currently attending (SR2012A_SCHLEV)

Data file: SUR2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 223
End: 224
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal module</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Persons aged 4 and above (education) school year 2011 / 2012</span>
<br />[Questions P25 - P29 were asked of persons aged 4 and above about their education.]</p>

<p>P26. What is the type of formal education this person is in?</p>
<div class="i1">See flash card<br /><br />Type of education</div><div class="i2">[] 1 KLO<br />[] 2 GLO / BO<br />[] 3 VOJ<br />[] 4 IMEAO, NATIN<br />[] 5 Teacher training for primary education<br />[] 6 HAVO, VWO<br />[] 7 Higher vocational education<br />[] 8 University<br />[] 97 Don't know<br />[] 99 No response</div><div class="i1">Class / Year ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Kindergarten (KLO)
02 Primary (GLO, BO)
03 Junior secondary (VOJ)
04 Senior secondary vocational (IMEAO, NATIN)
05 Teacher training for primary education
06 Senior secondary (HAVO, VWO)
07 Higher vocational (HBO)
08 University
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 level of schooling currently being attended by the person.
Universe
Suriname 2012: Persons age 4+ currently attending school [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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