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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2000
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PRI_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Educational attainment (PR2000A_EDUC99)

Data file: PRI2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 272
End: 273
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PR00A432 PR00A433"><span class="em">8.b. What grade or level was this person attending? </span><br />Mark [X] one box.<br />[Persons who attended public or private school at any time since February 1, 2000.]<br /><div class="i1">[] Nursery school, preschool<br />[] Kindergarten<br />[] Grade 1 to grade 4<br />[] Grade 5 to grade 8<br />[] Grade 9 to grade 12<br />[] College undergraduate years (freshman to senior)<br />[] Graduate or professional school (for example: medical, dental or law school)</div><br /><span class="em">9. What is the highest degree or level of school this person has "completed"? </span><br />Mark [X] one box. If currently enrolled, mark the previous grade or highest degree received.<br />[Persons who have not attended school since February 1, 2000]<br /><div class="i1">[] No schooling completed<br />[] Nursery school to 4th grade<br />[] 5th grade or 6th grade <br />[] 7th grade or 8th grade<br />[] 9th grade<br />[] 10th grade<br />[] 11th grade<br />[] 12th grade - no diploma<br />[] High school graduate - high school diploma or the equivalent (for example: GED)<br />[] Some college credit, but less than 1 year<br />[] 1 or more years of college, no degree<br />[] Associate degree (for example: AA, AS)<br />[] Bachelor's degree (for example: BA, AB, BS)<br />[] Master's degree (for example: MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA)<br />[] Professional degree (for example: MD, DDS, DVM, LLB, JD)<br />[] Doctorate degree (for example: PhD, EdD)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 No school completed
04 1st-4th grade
05 5th-8th grade
06 9th grade
07 10th grade
08 11th grade
09 12th grade, no diploma
10 High school graduate, or GED
11 Some college, no degree
12 Associate degree, occupational program
14 Bachelor's degree
15 Master's degree
16 Professional degree
17 Doctorate degree
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 a person's educational attainment.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2000: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

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