General Population Census VI and Housing IV - IPUMS Subset
Uruguay, 1985
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URY_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Educational/professional degree studied (UY1985A_DEGREE)
Data file: URY1985_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
192
End:
194
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="UY85A414 UY85A415 UY85A416 UY85A417 UY85A418 UY85A419"><span class="em">(II) Educational characteristics</span> <br />[Questions 9-14 were asked of persons age 6 or older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="UY85A416 UY85A417 UY85A418 UY85A419 UY85A431 UY85A432">[Questions 11-14 are for persons age 6 or older who attend or attended establishments of regular education]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="UY85A419" v="UY85A415 UY85A419">14. What is the major or career that you study or studied?<br /><div class="i1">Only for those who answered within part B of question 11.<br /><br />Write down the name of the major or career.</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">____</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar v="UY85A416 UY85A417 UY85A418 UY85A419 UY85A431 UY85A432">[Questions 11-14 are for persons age 6 or older who attend or attended establishments of regular education]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="UY85A419" v="UY85A415 UY85A419">14. What is the major or career that you study or studied?<br /><div class="i1">Only for those who answered within part B of question 11.<br /><br />Write down the name of the major or career.</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 102 | School of applied arts, national school of fine arts |
| 104 | Technical high school |
| 106 | Professional formation |
| 112 | Fine arts professions; pottery, drawing, painting, sculpture, etc. |
| 122 | Music |
| 127 | Opera singer, singing graduate, composition graduate, management graduate, interpretive instrumental graduate, musicology graduate |
| 133 | Dramatic artist |
| 142 | Cinematography, photography |
| 152 | Artisanal professions: furniture and jewelry making; stone, metal and leather good embossing; wood, glass, and stone carving chiseling and inlay |
| 162 | Communication and journalism science, graphic arts and advertising, graphic advertising |
| 172 | Decoration, design and decoration, scenery |
| 182 | Rugs, textiles |
| 192 | Basketwork, gardening, toys, tourist souvenir, violeteria |
| 199 | Dance |
| 206 | Attorney |
| 207 | Law |
| 217 | Public scribe |
| 227 | Notary, history graduate |
| 237 | Graduate in letters, public translator |
| 239 | Graduate in English language and literature |
| 247 | Graduate in philosophy |
| 266 | Sociologist |
| 276 | Technician in infant psychology |
| 277 | Graduate in psychology |
| 287 | Graduate in geography |
| 296 | Doctor in diplomacy |
| 302 | Administration |
| 303 | Intensive administration |
| 305 | Statistics |
| 306 | Administration, school of administration |
| 307 | Economic and administration sciences, merchant accounting technician, public accountant, doctor in economic sciences, doctor in international commerce |
| 309 | Graduate in administration |
| 312 | Commerce assistant, commerce, mechanized accounting, commerce expert, accounting assistant, merchant |
| 313 | Expert in commercial secretary work, commercial secretary work |
| 315 | Public auctioneer |
| 326 | University adviser |
| 337 | Economist |
| 338 | Doctor in economy |
| 346 | Public administration, school of public administration |
| 392 | Personnel specialist |
| 415 | Chemical engineering |
| 417 | Industrial chemistry, chemistry, academic career |
| 418 | Doctor in chemistry, scientific degree |
| 437 | Graduate in physics |
| 447 | Graduate in astronomy |
| 507 | Doctor in general medicine |
| 508 | Doctor in medicine |
| 516 | Dental assistant, school of dental surgeon assistants, dental hygienist, dental laboratory worker |
| 517 | Doctor in dental surgery |
| 527 | Chemical pharmacist |
| 528 | Assistant at family hospital |
| 532 | Nursing assistant, nurse, health |
| 533 | Sanitary worker |
| 536 | University nurse, nurse |
| 542 | Chiropody |
| 546 | Instrumentalist, technician in physical therapy, technician in chiropody, technical transfusionist |
| 556 | Technician in pathological anatomy, audiology, cardiology, ophthalmology, radiology and other labs |
| 563 | Official of environmental hygiene |
| 576 | Nutritionist, diet technician |
| 586 | Obstetrician, midwife |
| 596 | Technician in medical archives |
| 602 | Bricklayer, construction helper, construction draftsman, school of construction, reinforced concrete, construction official |
| 603 | Architect assistant, technical assistant of architecture, construction worker |
| 607 | Architect |
| 613 | Engineering aid |
| 616 | Graduate in civil engineering |
| 617 | Civil engineering |
| 622 | Electrician |
| 623 | Technician in electronica, technician in electrotechnology |
| 626 | Electric engineering |
| 636 | Graduate in industrial engineering |
| 637 | Industrial engineering |
| 642 | Machinery maintenance and mechanics |
| 643 | Technician in general mechanics |
| 646 | Mechanical engineer, expert in mechanical engineering |
| 652 | Naval engineering aids, blacksmiths, and installers (including heating, electronics, sanitation, and plumbing) |
| 653 | Heating technician, sanitation installation technician |
| 667 | Surveyor, engineering surveyor |
| 672 | Specialist in statistics and analysis |
| 675 | Statistics |
| 677 | Graduate in mathematics |
| 682 | Analyst programmer, specialist in data and programming processing |
| 686 | University computer, engineer of computation systems |
| 697 | Graduate of basic science engineering |
| 702 | Agrarian expert |
| 706 | Rural technician |
| 707 | Agronomy engineer without specification |
| 712 | Agricultural and livestock experts |
| 713 | Agronomy and livestock technician |
| 717 | Agronomy engineering |
| 719 | Practical livestock |
| 722 | Agrarian expert |
| 723 | Farmer technician |
| 725 | Technician in beekeeping |
| 727 | Agronomy engineer or farming |
| 736 | Doctor in physiology of a specialty, practicant in veterinary sciences |
| 737 | Doctor in veterinary medicine, doctor in veterinary |
| 742 | Poultry farming, expert in poultry farming, expert in poultry farming |
| 743 | Technician in poultry farming |
| 752 | Fishing industry training, training courses, head of cabotage and fishing, nautical and fishing school, marine fishing |
| 762 | Expert sawyer, forestry expert |
| 763 | Technician in forestry, forestry technician |
| 767 | Agronomy engineering or forestry |
| 772 | Wine maker, expert wine maker, expert wine maker |
| 773 | Technician in grape growing and wine production, wine making technician |
| 783 | Technician in dairy industry, technician in dairies, technician in dairy production |
| 792 | Expert in horticulture and floriculture, horticulture and floriculture |
| 802 | School of mechanics and electricity, school of polytechnic industry, machinists and electricians |
| 812 | Sheet and paint, sheet solderer, smelting of metals, blacksmithery, blacksmith, bodywork and plumbing, repairer of bodywork and chasis, soldering, soldering, ventilation tubes |
| 822 | Carpentry, carpenter |
| 832 | Painter, airplane painter |
| 842 | Naval boilermaker and blacksmith, general carpenter who works on boats, naval construction, naval draftsmen, school of naval industries, school of repairing and constructing naval works and similar works, expert in naval construction, expert in naval mechanics, naval machinist, refrigeration, soldering and naval tubing |
| 843 | Conductor of steam , and/ or internal combustion machinery, merchant engineering, naval boiler and blacksmith technician, technician of carpentry on ships, technician of soldering and naval pipes, naval mechanic technician |
| 850 | Doctor in medicine |
| 852 | Binding gilt, elemental binding, school of graphic arts, specialist in printing, typographic impression, lynotype, graphic publications, typography |
| 862 | Production of leather, saddlery, shoemaker |
| 872 | Beauty, chamber and kitchen, kitchen, colorist, cosmetology, home courses, expert in beauty, manicurist, make up for movies, theater and TV, masseur, bakery and confectionery, comber, hairdresser, rotisery, beauty technician |
| 882 | Embroider by hand, embroider by hand and machine, embroider by machine, corset store, cutting and sewing, school of feminine industries, feminine industries, lingerie, handicrafts of the needle, tailor's shop, hatmaker, fabric |
| 883 | Pattern maker, couturier |
| 892 | Watchmaking, upholstery, mattresses |
| 902 | School of firearm specialties, school of army specialties, technical school of aeronautics |
| 906 | School of meteorology |
| 909 | Education |
| 912 | Firearms, firearm aviation, specialist in synthetic training, specialist in teams of ground support, specialist in intelligence, specialist in fire fighting, specialist in systems of navigating shooting and bombing, sea and signs |
| 923 | Social assistance |
| 926 | University social assistance |
| 936 | Librarian |
| 942 | Specialist in communications, specialist in installing communication equipment, radio-telegraphy |
| 952 | Specialist in traffic control and air transportation, specialist in land transportation |
| 962 | Lifeguard |
| 972 | Boatswain, ordinary seaman, head of cabotage |
| 973 | Merchant pilot |
| 979 | Merchant marine |
| 983 | Police official |
| 992 | Cartography, clerk, specialist in provisioning, meteorology observer |
| 993 | Technician in meteorology |
| 999 | 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
<svar v="UY85A414 UY85A415 UY85A416 UY85A417 UY85A418 UY85A419"><span class="h3">II. Educational characteristics -- for persons age 6 or older</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY85A419">Question No. 14 "What is the major or career that you study or studied?", should only be asked to those who answered within part B of question No. 11.<br /><br />[An example has been omitted.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 55]</span><br /><br />Consider in military the courses for officials in military, naval or aeronautical schools. In Other all the other specialties not considered in the previous, writing down what they are (Examples: "Private institutes of higher education", "National School of Police", etc.).<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY85A419">Question No. 14 "What is the major or career that you study or studied?", should only be asked to those who answered within part B of question No. 11.<br /><br />[An example has been omitted.]<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 55]</span><br /><br />Consider in military the courses for officials in military, naval or aeronautical schools. In Other all the other specialties not considered in the previous, writing down what they are (Examples: "Private institutes of higher education", "National School of Police", etc.).<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's educational/professional degree studied in military, university or other higher education.
Universe
Uruguay 1985: Persons age 6+ who completed military, university or other institution [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |