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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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Last grade/year completed (UY1985A_EDYEAR)

Data file: URY1985_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 187
End: 188
Width: 2
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="UY85A418" v="UY85A415 UY85A418 UY85A432">13. What is the last grade or year passed in this level?<br /><div class="i1">Mark the corresponding box.<br /><br />If they did not pass the first year, mark "0".<br /><br />[] 0<br />[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4<br />[] 5<br />[] 6<br />[] 7<br />[] 8</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 Did not pass the first year
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
98 Unknown
99 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 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></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY85A418"><div class="i1">In question No. 13, "What is the last grade or year passed in this level?", you should mark the box corresponding to the last grade or year passed in the level that you marked for question No. 11.</div><br /><br />If they did not even pass the first year, mark "0" (zero).<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's highest grade/year completed in education.
Universe
Uruguay 1985: Persons age 6+ who ever attended school [discrepancies: type I none, type II 49.8%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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