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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 recode (PR2000A_EDUCREC)

Data file: PRI2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 274
End: 274
Width: 1
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
NIU (not in universe)
1 None or preschool
2 Grade 1, 2, 3, or 4
3 Grade 5, 6, 7, or 8
4 Grade 9
5 Grade 10
6 Grade 11
7 Grade 12
8 1 to 3 years of college
9 4+ years of college
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 recode.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2000: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

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