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1981 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1981
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CAN_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Highest level of schooling of wife or single female parent (CA1981A_EDLEVF)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 349
End: 350
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="CA81A029 CA81A433 CA81A434 CA81A435 CA81A464 CA81A465">31. What is the highest grade or year of secondary (high) or elementary school you ever attended?<br /><div class="i1">See guide for further information.<br />[] No schooling or kindergarten only<br />Or<br />[] Highest grade or year (1 to 13) of secondary or elementary school _ _</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="CA81A436" v="CA81A029 CA81A433 CA81A434 CA81A436 CA81A464 CA81A465">32. How many years of education have you ever completed at university?<br /><div class="i1">[] None<br />[] Less than 1 year (of completed courses)<br />[] Number of completed years _ _</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="CA81A437" v="CA81A029 CA81A433 CA81A434 CA81A437 CA81A464 CA81A465">33. How many years of schooling have you ever completed at an institution other than a university, secondary (high) or elementary school? Include years of schooling at community colleges, institutes of technology, CEGEPs (general and professional), private trade schools or private business colleges, diploma schools of nursing, etc.<br /><div class="i1">See guide for further information.<br />[] None<br />[] Less than 1 year (of completed courses)<br />[] Number of completed years _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Less than grade 5 (elementary and secondary only)
02 Grades 5 - 8 (elementary and secondary only)
03 Grades 9 - 13 (elementary and secondary only)
04 Secondary school graduation certificate (elementary and secondary only)
05 Trades certificate or diploma (elementary and secondary only)
06 With other non-university certificate (non-university education only)
07 With trades certifciate or diploma (non-university education only)
08 Without other non-university or trades certificate or diploma (non-university education only)
09 Without certifcate diploma or degree (university)
10 With certificate or diploma (university)
11 With bachelor's degree or higher (university)
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 the highest grade or year of elementary or secondary (high) school that the wife or single female parent in a census family attended, or the highest year of university or college education she completed.
Universe
Canada 1981: Persons in census families not headed by male lone parents [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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