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1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995
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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Year or grade passed (NI1995A_EDYEAR)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 246
End: 246
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="NI95A413 NI95A414 NI95A415 NI95A416 NI95A417 NI95A418 NI95A419 NI95A420 NI95A421 NI95A422 NI95A423 NI95A424 NI95A425 NI95A449">For persons age 5 or older<br />[Questions 5-11 were asked of persons age 5 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A421 NI95A422 NI95A423"><span class="em">Schooling</span><br />10. What is the highest school year or grade completed?<br /><div class="i1">[Check the] level / [Fill in the] grade or year<br /><br />[] 0 None / "00"<br />[] 1 Literacy / _<br />[] 2 Preschool / _<br />[] 3 Primary / _<br />[] 4 Secondary / _<br />[] 5 Basic technical / _<br />[] 6 Middle level technical / _<br />[] 7 Higher technical / _<br />[] 8 University / _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 No year/grade
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
9 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="NI95A421 NI95A422 NI95A423"><span class="em">Question 10: Schooling</span><br />This question refers only to the grade, year, or level that was passed completely. This is not the grade or year that was left unfinished or the current one. This is the last, highest grade passed.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates person's last year or grade passed within level of education.
Universe
Nicaragua 1995: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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