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Palestinian Population, Housing, and Establishment Census, 2017 - IPUMS Subset

West Bank and Gaza, 2017
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WBG_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Country or region where the highest degree was obtained (PS2017A_EDLOC)

Data file: PSE2017_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 169
End: 170
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">For persons (10 years and over)</span>
<br />[Question 70 to 73 are asked of persons who were older than 10 years old]</p>

<p><span class="em">Educational attainment and specialization</span>
<br />[Question 70 to 71]</p>

<p><span class="em">72. Place the highest degree obtained</span><div class="i1">[] 1. Palestine<br />[] 2. Jordan<br />[] 3. Egypt <br />[] 4. Other Arab countries<br />[] 5. Russia <br />[] 6. Other non-Arab Asian countries<br />[] 7. Non-Arab African countries<br />[] 8. Eastern Europe <br />[] 9. Western Europe<br />[] 10. North America<br />[] 11. South America<br />[] 12. Australia<br />[] 13. Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Palestine
02 Jordan
03 Egypt
04 Other Arab countries
05 Russia
06 Other non Arab Asian countries
07 Non Arab African countries
08 Eastern Europe
09 Western Europe
10 North America
11 South America
13 Other
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 country or place where the person obtained the highest educational degree.
Universe
Palestine 2017: Persons age 10+ with primary education or higher [discrepancies: type I none; type II 13.9%]

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