The 1971 Census of Population, Occupation, Dwellings and Buildings of the German Democratic Republic - IPUMS Subset
Germany, 1971
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DEU_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Field of study for university degree (DE1971A_FLDUNIV)
Data file: DEU1971_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
135
End:
136
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="DE71A409 DE71A410 DE71A411 DE71A412 DE71A413 DE71A414 DE71A415 DE71A416 DE71A417 DE71A418 DE71A419 DE71A420 DE71A421 DE71A422 DE71A423 DE71A424 DE71A425 DE71A426 DE71A434"><span class="em">Levels of education completed information</span><br />For persons who have completed several levels of education, state all. If several degrees in one education level are present, the last degree acquired is stated.<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="DE71A414 DE71A421 DE71A426" v="DE71A414 DE71A421 DE71A426">9.g. Do you have a university degree?<br /><div class="i1">If yes:</div><br /><div class="i2">____ Year of completion<br />____ Subject area</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="DE71A413 DE71A420 DE71A425 DE71A414 DE71A421 DE71A426"><span class="em">Question 9f, 9g:</span><br /><div class="i1">Under field, the derived job title should not be stated, so not engineer, but rather air traffic engineer; not technician rather metallurgical technician, for example.<br /><br />In the field information of graduates of pedagogical fields, it must be identifiable that it involves teacher/pedagogical studies, so not mathematics rather secondary school teacher of mathematics; mathematics teacher.<br /><br />This also applies for specialists with completed technical college and university education that have completed pedagogical post graduate studies; so not electrical engineering rather vocational school teacher of electrical engineering; teacher of the career-oriented education in electrical engineering.<br /><br />Not considered finished technical college and university studies are:<br />Post graduate studies; guest studies; examination for the master's certificate even if it was passed at a vocational college; completion of a vocational school.</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="DE71A414 DE71A421 DE71A426" v="DE71A414 DE71A421 DE71A426">9.g. Do you have a university degree?<br /><div class="i1">If yes:</div><br /><div class="i2">____ Year of completion<br />____ Subject area</div><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="DE71A413 DE71A420 DE71A425 DE71A414 DE71A421 DE71A426"><span class="em">Question 9f, 9g:</span><br /><div class="i1">Under field, the derived job title should not be stated, so not engineer, but rather air traffic engineer; not technician rather metallurgical technician, for example.<br /><br />In the field information of graduates of pedagogical fields, it must be identifiable that it involves teacher/pedagogical studies, so not mathematics rather secondary school teacher of mathematics; mathematics teacher.<br /><br />This also applies for specialists with completed technical college and university education that have completed pedagogical post graduate studies; so not electrical engineering rather vocational school teacher of electrical engineering; teacher of the career-oriented education in electrical engineering.<br /><br />Not considered finished technical college and university studies are:<br />Post graduate studies; guest studies; examination for the master's certificate even if it was passed at a vocational college; completion of a vocational school.</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Mathematics |
| 02 | High school teacher (mathematics) |
| 03 | Physics |
| 04 | High school teacher (physics) |
| 05 | Chemistry |
| 06 | High school teacher (chemistry) |
| 07 | Biology |
| 08 | High school teacher (biology) |
| 09 | Earth sciences |
| 10 | Geography |
| 11 | High school teacher (geography) |
| 12 | Psychology |
| 13 | Teacher for special schools |
| 14 | Mechanical engineering |
| 15 | Vocational/college teacher (mechanical engineering) |
| 16 | High school teacher (polytechnic) |
| 17 | Material engineering |
| 18 | Chemical engineering |
| 19 | Vocational/college teacher (chemical engineering) |
| 20 | Electrical engineering |
| 21 | Vocational/college teacher (electrical engineering) |
| 22 | Civil engineering |
| 23 | Vocational/college teacher (civil engineering) |
| 24 | Architecture |
| 25 | Traffic engineering |
| 26 | Surveying engineering |
| 27 | Mining engineering |
| 28 | Medicine |
| 29 | Vocational/college teacher (health sciences) |
| 30 | Pharmaceutics |
| 31 | Agriculture engineering (plants) |
| 32 | Agriculture engineering (animals) |
| 33 | Vocational/college teacher (agriculture) |
| 34 | Agricultural machinery engineering |
| 35 | Forestry engineering |
| 36 | Food engineering |
| 37 | Vocational/college teacher (food technology) |
| 38 | Economics |
| 39 | Business administration |
| 40 | Regulatory economics |
| 41 | Vocational/college teacher (data processing) |
| 42 | Vocational/college teacher (economics and trade) |
| 43 | Philosophy |
| 44 | Teacher (Marxism-Leninism) |
| 45 | Political and social sciences |
| 46 | History |
| 47 | High school teacher (history) |
| 48 | Law |
| 49 | High school teacher (civics) |
| 50 | Information, documentation and library sciences |
| 51 | Regional studies |
| 52 | Cultural studies |
| 53 | Art studies |
| 54 | High school teacher (art) |
| 55 | Music studies |
| 56 | High school teacher (music) |
| 57 | Theater studies |
| 58 | Music |
| 59 | Music teacher for folk music schools |
| 60 | Performing arts |
| 61 | Visual arts |
| 62 | Applied arts |
| 63 | Writer |
| 64 | Pedagogy, education |
| 65 | Youth (pioneer) leader |
| 66 | Sports |
| 67 | High school teacher (sports) |
| 68 | Theology |
| 69 | Philological sciences |
| 70 | German studies |
| 71 | High school teacher (German) |
| 72 | Slavic studies |
| 73 | Interpreter for Slavic languages |
| 74 | High school teacher (Slavic languages) |
| 75 | English studies |
| 76 | Interpreter for English |
| 77 | High school teacher (English) |
| 78 | Romance studies |
| 79 | Interpreter for Romance languages |
| 80 | High school teacher (French, Spanish) |
| 81 | Other philological sciences |
| 82 | Interpreter for other languages |
| 83 | High school teacher (other languages) |
| 84 | Journalism |
| 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 field of study for the individual's university degree.
Universe
Germany 1971: Persons who have a university degree [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept