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XII Recenseamento Geral da População e II Recenseamento Geral da Habitação - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 1981
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PRT_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), IPUMS
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Educational attainment (PT1981A_EDATTAN)

Data file: PRT1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 219
End: 220
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PT81A401 PT81A403 PT81A405 PT81A406 PT81A407 PT81A408 PT81A409 PT81A410 PT81A411 PT81A412 PT81A415 PT81A416 PT81A417 PT81A418 PT81A419 PT81A420 PT81A421 PT81A422 PT81A423 PT81A424 PT81A425 PT81A426 PT81A427 PT81A428 PT81A429">[Questions 5-27 were asked of residents of the housing unit, per question 4]<br /></svar></p>

<p>[Questions 10-11 were asked of persons who are attending or ever attended school, per question 9]</p>

<p>10. Level of education</p>
<div class="i1">Indicate the <span class="em">level of education that you are attending </span>or <span class="em">the highest that you attended</span> (even if didn't complete):<br /><br />[] 1 Basic - Elementary school ([1st degree] 4 years)<br />[] 2 Basic - Preparatory school ([2nd degree] 2 years, direct of distance preparatory cycle, former 1st cycle of school, former preparatory cycle in technical schools, etc.)<br />[] 3 Unified secondary ([1st degree] unified course, general courses - academic, commercial, industrial, visual arts, and agricultural, former 5th year in school or equivalent)<br />[] 4 Complementary secondary ([2nd degree] 11th grade, 2nd complementary year -academic, commercial, industrial, visual arts, and agricultural - former 7th year of school, former preparatory sections in commercial and industrial courses and equivalent)<br />[] 5 Preparation year for university or 12th grade<br />[] 6 Professional courses<br />[] 7 Post-secondary courses (teaching school for preschool or primary)<br />[] 8 Tertiary courses</div><span class="h3">Question 10 - Level of education</span><ul class="b1">
<li><span class="ital">Professional courses</span>. For example, courses for: Secretary, Manager's Assistant, Correspondent, Foreign Languages and Translator-Interpreter, Education Agent, General Accounting, Special Painting Activities, etc.</li>

<li><span class="ital">If you are enrolled in more than one course</span>, indicate the one that is most closely related to your professional activities. If you are unemployed, chose the course with which you feel more vocation.</li>
</ul>
Categories
Value Category
01 Not able to read and write
02 Able to read and write without a educational degree
03 Basic - Elementary school (1st degree - 4 years)
04 Basic - Preparatory school (2nd degree - 2 years)
05 Secondary - 1st degree
06 Secondary - 2nd degree
07 Preparation year [equivalent to the senior year in high school]
08 Professional courses
09 Post-secondary courses
10 Tertiary courses (university degrees)
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.

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Definition
This variable describes the person's educational attainment.
Universe
Portugal 1981: All persons

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