Population and Housing Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000

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Reference ID

MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Department of Statistics Malaysia, Minnesota Population Center

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Highest education level (MY2000A_0416)

Data file: MYS2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 188

End: 188

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

C16. What is the highest level of education attained/currently studying?

[C16 is asked of persons who did not choose "4" and "5" in C15.]

[] 1 Pre-school
[] 2 Primary school (Standard/Year 1 till 6)
[] 3 Lower secondary (Remove/Form 1 till 3)
[] 4 Upper secondary (Form 4 till 5, GCE O level)
[] 5 Vocational/Technical (Form 4 till 5)
[] 6 Trade and technical skills institution
[] 7 Post secondary (Form 6, GCE A level, Matriculation)
[] 8 Tertiary (Polytechnic/College/University)

Categories

Value	Category
0	No schooling
1	Pre-school
2	Primary school (Standard / Year 1 till 6)
3	Lower secondary (Remove / Form 1 till 3)
4	Upper secondary (Form 4 till 5, GCE O Level)
5	Vocational /technical (Form 4 till 5)
6	Trade and technical skills institution
7	Post secondary (Form 6, GCE A Level, Matriculation)
8	Tertiary (Polytechnic / College / University)
9	Unknown

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 highest education level the person attained or is attending.

Universe

All persons

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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