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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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General Office of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Education level attending/last attended (UY1985A_EDUCLVL)

Data file: URY1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 183
End: 183
Width: 1
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>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Primary
2 Secondary, 1st cycle
3 Secondary, 2nd cycle
4 Teaching school
5 Military
6 University of Work [private univ]
7 University of the Republic [public univ]
8 Other
9 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=" UY85A416" v="UY85A416 UY85A417 UY85A418 UY85A431"><div class="i1">Question No. 11, "What is the highest level that you attend or attended in establishments of regular education?", should be asked to all people who attend or attended educational establishments a one time .</div><br /><br />Educational level will be understood to mean each one of the categories included in the Census document.<br /><br />This classification is divided into two parts, A and B.<br /><br />Look at the Census document.<br /><br />When a person declares more than one level to you, you should find out which of them would be considered superior to the other.<br /><br />For example, one cannot apply to high school without having finished primary school, therefore, it will be second secondary level.<br /><br />Remember that in this case you should write down only the highest level finished.<br /><br />If a person attended two equal courses, mark the one considered more important and register the other in the space meant for "Observations".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's highest education level previously attended/currently attending.
Universe
Uruguay 1985: Persons age 6+ who ever attended school [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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