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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Education level (DO2002A_EDLEVEL)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 258
End: 259
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For persons of 3 years old and more </span>
<br />[Questions 37-44 were asked of persons age 3+.]</p>

<p>40. If [the respondent] is currently attending school (question 38, answer 1 or 2): What course is he/she attending and at what level? If the answer was that [the respondent] is not currently attending school, but attended in the past (question 38, answer 4): What was the last year of study that [the respondent] completed, and at what level?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 None (Go to question 43)</div><div class="i2">Years of study _</div><div class="i1">[] 2 Preschool/initial (Go to question 43)</div><div class="i2">Years of study _</div><div class="i1">[] 3 Primary/basic (Go to question 43)</div><div class="i2">Years of study _</div><div class="i1">[] 4 Secondary/<span class="lang">medio</span> (Go to question 43)</div><div class="i2">Years of study _</div><div class="i1">[] 5 University</div><div class="i2">Years of study _</div><div class="i1">[] 6 Specialty</div><div class="i2">Years of study _</div><div class="i1">[] 7 Masters</div><div class="i2">Years of study _</div><div class="i1">[] 8 Doctorate</div><div class="i2">Years of study _</div><div class="i1">[] 9 Unknown (Go to question 45)</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 None
02 Preschool
03 Primary
04 Secondary
05 University
06 Speciality
07 Masters
08 Doctorate
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
<span class="em">For People Age 3 or Older </span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 40: If the person currently attends school (question 38, code 1 or 2), ask the following: During the current school year, what level and grade is (NAME) attending?</span></p>

<p>First fill in the bubble that correspond to the level he/she answered, then record the number of finished years that he/she completed in the next box. (You should remember that at the college, level, master's or doctorate level, a year of study equals to a 4 trimesters or 3 quarters or 2 semesters).
<br />If the person answered options 1, 2, 3, or 4, skip to question 43.
<br />If the person answers the he/she is not currently going to school that in the past went to school (question 38 code 4), you should ask the following: <span class="em">What is the highest level of school (NAME) has attended and what is the highest grade (NAME) completed at that level?</span></p>

<p>Fill in the bubble corresponding to the declared level and record the number of years/grade that the person attended in the corresponding box.
<br />If the person answers option 9, skip to question 45.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates a person's level of education, for persons who have ever attended school.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: Persons age 3+ who have ever attended school [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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