The 1990 General Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Turkiye, 1990

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TUR_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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State Institute of Statistics of Turkey, IPUMS

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Level of completed education (TR1990A_EDLEVEL)

Data file: TUR1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 150

End: 150

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">Educational background</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TR90A406">19. Can you read and write?<br /><div class="i1">Y-Yes<br />N-No<br /><br />Ask persons age 6 or older<br /><br />4 [] Y<br />5 [] N</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TR90A407">20. Last school completed: ____<br /><div class="i1">(Primary, secondary, high school, vocational school, medical college, teacher training schools, etc.)<br />Ask persons age 6 or older who responded "Yes" to question 19</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	No school completed
2	Primary school
3	Junior high school
4	Vocational school at junior high school level
5	High school
6	Vocational school at high school level
7	Higher education and university
8	Unknown
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the level of education the person has completed.

Universe

Turkey 1990: Persons age 6+ who are literate [discrepancies: none]

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