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Census of Canada 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981
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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, Minnesota Population Center
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Highest level of schooling of wife or single female parent (CA1981A_0465)

Data file: CAN1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 331
End: 332
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
31. What is the highest grade or year of secondary (high) or elementary school you ever attended?

See guide for further information.
[] No schooling or kindergarten only
Or
[] Highest grade or year (1 to 13) of secondary or elementary school _ _




32. How many years of education have you ever completed at university?

[] None
[] Less than 1 year (of completed courses)
[] Number of completed years _ _




33. How many years of schooling have you ever completed at an institution other than a university, secondary (high) or elementary school? Include years of schooling at community colleges, institutes of technology, CEGEPs (general and professional), private trade schools or private business colleges, diploma schools of nursing, etc.

See guide for further information.
[] None
[] Less than 1 year (of completed courses)
[] Number of completed years _ _
Categories
Value Category
1 Less than grade 5 (elementary and secondary only)
2 Grades 5 - 8 (elementary and secondary only)
3 Grades 9 - 13 (elementary and secondary only)
4 Secondary school graduation certificate (elementary and secondary only)
5 Trades certificate or diploma (elementary and secondary only)
6 With other non-university certificate (non-university education only)
7 With trades certifciate or diploma (non-university education only)
8 Without other non-university or trades certificate or diploma (non-university education only)
9 Without certifcate diploma or degree (university)
10 With certificate or diploma (university)
11 With bachelor's degree or higher (university)
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 highest grade or year of elementary or secondary (high) school that the wife or single female parent in a census family attended, or the highest year of university or college education she completed.
Universe
Persons in census families not headed by male lone parents

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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