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X Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Vivienda de Panamá 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Panama, 2000
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PAN_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, IPUMS
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Level of schooling recoded (PA2000A_EDLEV2)

Data file: PAN2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 256
End: 257
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">For individuals 4 years of age and older.</span>
<br /><svar v="PA00A421 PA00A422 PA00A423">[Questions 10 -11 were asked of persons aged 4 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PA00A422 PA00A423">11. What was the highest grade or school year you passed?<br /><div class="i1">[] 01 No grade<br />[] 02 Preschool<br />[] 03 Special education<br />1 _ Primary<br />[For any response above,] (Go on to question 12)<br /><br />2 _ Vocational<br />3 _ Secondary<br />4 _ Superior non-university<br />5 _ Superior University<br />6 _ Post-graduate<br />7 _ Master's degree<br />8 _ Doctorate<br />[For any response above,] (Skip to question 13)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 No grade
02 Preschool
03 Primary incomplete
04 Primary complete
05 Primary undeclared
06 Secondary incomplete
07 Secondary complete
08 Secondary undeclared
09 University up to 3
10 University 4 and above
11 University undeclared
12 Post-graduate
13 Master's degree
14 Doctorate
15 Superior-non-university
16 Vocational
17 Special education
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the recoded highest level of education the person has passed.
Universe
Panama 2000: Persons age 4+ [discrepancies: none]

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