Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment January to December, 1983 - IPUMS Subset
India, 1983
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IND_1983_NSS38-SCH10_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, Minnesota Population Center
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- IND1983-H-H
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General education (IN1983A_0406)
Data file: IND1983-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
140
End:
141
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
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Literal question
8. Educational standard: general
[] 0 Not literate
[] 1 Literate without formal schooling
[] 2 Literate but below primary
[] 3 Primary
[] 4 Middle
[] 5 Secondary
Graduate and above in:
[] 6 Agriculture
[] 7 Engineering technology
[] 8 Medicine
[] 9 Other subjects
[] 0 Not literate
[] 1 Literate without formal schooling
[] 2 Literate but below primary
[] 3 Primary
[] 4 Middle
[] 5 Secondary
Graduate and above in:
[] 6 Agriculture
[] 7 Engineering technology
[] 8 Medicine
[] 9 Other subjects
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Not literate |
| 1 | Literate without formal schooling |
| 2 | Literate but below primary |
| 3 | Primary |
| 4 | Middle |
| 5 | Secondary |
| 6 | Graduate and above in agriculture |
| 7 | Graduate and above in engineering technology |
| 8 | Graduate and above in medicine |
| 9 | Graduate and above in other subjects |
| 99 | Unknown |
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
5.4.1.0 Block 4.1 : demographic and current activity particulars during the week :
This block is meant for recording the demographic and the current activity status particulars of all the normal members of the household. Besides that, the information as to whether the household members are to be considered migrants according to certain laid down criterion will also be collected in this block.
5.4.1.8 Column (8) and ( 9): educational standard:
Information regarding the general and technical education attained by the normal members of the household listed in col. (1) will be recorded in columns (8) and (9) respectively in terms of the specified code numbers. For the purpose of making entries in these columns only the course successfully completed will be considered. For instances, for a person who has studied up to say, first year B.A., his educational attainment will be considered only secondary (code number 5). Also, for a person who has studied up to 12th standard but has not sat for the final examination or has failed or ever passed in the examination, his educational attainment will be considered 'secondary' only. The relevant codes to be used for recording entries in these two columns are:
general education[column(8)]
Not literate ... 00
Literate without formal schooling ... 01
Literate but below primary ... 02
Primary ... 03
Middle ... 04
Secondary ... 05
Graduates and above in:
Agriculture ... 06
Engineering/technology ... 07
Medicine ... 08
Other subjects ... 09
technical education[column (9)]
Additional diploma/certificate
Agriculture ... 10
Engineering/technology ... 11
Medicine ... 12
Crafts ... 13
Other subjects ... 14
No technical education ... 15
A person who can both read and write a simple message in at least one language is to be considered literate. Those who are not able to do so are to be considered not literate and will be assigned code 00. Those who are literate but never attended any school, will be assigned code 01. Those who are by definition literate but are yet to pass primary standard examination will get code 02. Similarly codes 03, 04, and 05 will indicate the successive higher standard of examinations passed. Matriculation, School Final, Pre-University, Higher Secondary and Intermediate examination will come under Secondary (code 05). A degree holder will get one of the codes 06 to 09 depending on the subject studied. For code 08, medical graduates belonging to Schools of medicine other than allopathic, e.g., homeopathic, ayurvedic, etc. are also to be taken into consideration. Code 06 will also include graduates in 'forestry', 'fishery science' etc. If more than one of the codes 06 to 09 are relevant for a person the following procedure will be adopted.
i) When code 09 as well as one of the codes 06 to 08 are relevant code 09 will not be considered.
ii) When more than one of the codes 06 to 08 are relevant, the code indicating the degree last obtained will be considered.
Persons who have attained proficiency in oriental languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Persian etc.) through formal but not the general type of education will be classified appropriately at the equivalent level of general education standard.
This block is meant for recording the demographic and the current activity status particulars of all the normal members of the household. Besides that, the information as to whether the household members are to be considered migrants according to certain laid down criterion will also be collected in this block.
5.4.1.8 Column (8) and ( 9): educational standard:
Information regarding the general and technical education attained by the normal members of the household listed in col. (1) will be recorded in columns (8) and (9) respectively in terms of the specified code numbers. For the purpose of making entries in these columns only the course successfully completed will be considered. For instances, for a person who has studied up to say, first year B.A., his educational attainment will be considered only secondary (code number 5). Also, for a person who has studied up to 12th standard but has not sat for the final examination or has failed or ever passed in the examination, his educational attainment will be considered 'secondary' only. The relevant codes to be used for recording entries in these two columns are:
general education[column(8)]
Not literate ... 00
Literate without formal schooling ... 01
Literate but below primary ... 02
Primary ... 03
Middle ... 04
Secondary ... 05
Graduates and above in:
Agriculture ... 06
Engineering/technology ... 07
Medicine ... 08
Other subjects ... 09
technical education[column (9)]
Additional diploma/certificate
Agriculture ... 10
Engineering/technology ... 11
Medicine ... 12
Crafts ... 13
Other subjects ... 14
No technical education ... 15
A person who can both read and write a simple message in at least one language is to be considered literate. Those who are not able to do so are to be considered not literate and will be assigned code 00. Those who are literate but never attended any school, will be assigned code 01. Those who are by definition literate but are yet to pass primary standard examination will get code 02. Similarly codes 03, 04, and 05 will indicate the successive higher standard of examinations passed. Matriculation, School Final, Pre-University, Higher Secondary and Intermediate examination will come under Secondary (code 05). A degree holder will get one of the codes 06 to 09 depending on the subject studied. For code 08, medical graduates belonging to Schools of medicine other than allopathic, e.g., homeopathic, ayurvedic, etc. are also to be taken into consideration. Code 06 will also include graduates in 'forestry', 'fishery science' etc. If more than one of the codes 06 to 09 are relevant for a person the following procedure will be adopted.
i) When code 09 as well as one of the codes 06 to 08 are relevant code 09 will not be considered.
ii) When more than one of the codes 06 to 08 are relevant, the code indicating the degree last obtained will be considered.
Persons who have attained proficiency in oriental languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Persian etc.) through formal but not the general type of education will be classified appropriately at the equivalent level of general education standard.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the level of the person's general education.
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Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |