General Population Census VII, Home III and Housing V - IPUMS Subset
Uruguay, 1985 - 1996
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Reference ID
URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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- URY1996_PHC-H-H.dat
- URY1996_PHC-P-H.dat
Educational level and year completed (UY1996A_EDATTAIN)
Data file: URY1996_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
198
End:
200
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 200 | Preschool, less than 1 year |
| 201 | Preschool, 1 year |
| 202 | Preschool, 2 years |
| 203 | Preschool, 3 years |
| 204 | Preschool, 4 years |
| 205 | Preschool, 5 years |
| 206 | Preschool, 6+ years |
| 209 | Preschool, unknown yrs |
| 300 | Primary, less than 1 year |
| 301 | Primary, 1 year |
| 302 | Primary, 2 years |
| 303 | Primary, 3 years |
| 304 | Primary, 4 years |
| 305 | Primary, 5 years |
| 306 | Primary, 6 years |
| 307 | Primary, 7 years |
| 308 | Primary, 8+ years |
| 309 | Primary, yrs unknown |
| 400 | Secondary, 1st cycle, less than 1 year |
| 401 | Secondary, 1st cycle, 1 year |
| 402 | Secondary, 1st cycle, 2 years |
| 403 | Secondary, 1st cycle, 3 years |
| 404 | Secondary, 1st cycle, 4 years |
| 409 | Secondary, 1st cycle, yrs unknown |
| 500 | Secondary, 2nd cycle, less than 1 year |
| 501 | Secondary, 2nd cycle, 1 year |
| 502 | Secondary, 2nd cycle, 2 years |
| 503 | Secondary, 2nd cycle, 3 years |
| 509 | Secondary, 2nd cycle, yrs unknown |
| 600 | University, less than 1 year |
| 601 | University, 1 year |
| 602 | University, 2 years |
| 603 | University, 3 years |
| 604 | University, 4 years |
| 605 | University, 5 years |
| 606 | University, 6 years |
| 607 | University, 7 years |
| 608 | University, 8 years |
| 609 | University, yrs unknown |
| 700 | Teaching school, less than 1 year |
| 701 | Teaching school, 1 year |
| 702 | Teaching school, 2 years |
| 703 | Teaching school, 3 years |
| 704 | Teaching school, 4 years |
| 705 | Teaching school, 5 years |
| 706 | Teaching school, 6 years |
| 707 | Teaching school, 7 years |
| 708 | Teaching school, 8 years |
| 709 | Teaching school, yrs unknown |
| 800 | Military/police, less than 1 year |
| 801 | Military/police, 1 year |
| 802 | Military/police, 2 years |
| 803 | Military/police, 3 years |
| 804 | Military/police, 4 years |
| 805 | Military/police, 5 years |
| 806 | Military/police, 6 years |
| 807 | Military/police, 7+ years |
| 809 | Military/police, yrs unknown |
| 998 | Unknown |
| 999 | 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="UY96A417 UY96A418 UY96A419 UY96A420 UY96A421 UY96A422 UY96A423 UY96A424"><span class="em">Persons age 3 or older</span><br />The questions of this part have the purpose of knowing the educational level of the population, both on the plane of regular education, as well as training courses or non-regular education, offered by public and private organizations, in this country or abroad.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A420 UY96A456 UY96A454"><span class="em">Question 14. How many years did you pass in this level?</span><br /><br />You should fill in the box corresponding to the number of years passed -- in the highest level reached indicated in Question 12. For example, if a person is currently in the third year of high school, that box that shows two years passed will be marked.<br /><br />If a person attends first year in a determined educational level, the quantity of years passed in this level will be zero ("0"). For example: first of primary, first of basic cycle, first of secondary (second cycle), first of University, etc.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A420 UY96A456 UY96A454"><span class="em">Question 14. How many years did you pass in this level?</span><br /><br />You should fill in the box corresponding to the number of years passed -- in the highest level reached indicated in Question 12. For example, if a person is currently in the third year of high school, that box that shows two years passed will be marked.<br /><br />If a person attends first year in a determined educational level, the quantity of years passed in this level will be zero ("0"). For example: first of primary, first of basic cycle, first of secondary (second cycle), first of University, etc.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's highest education level completed.
Universe
Uruguay 1996: Persons age 3+ who have ever attended school [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |