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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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Statistics Canada, IPUMS
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Highest level of schooling of husband or single male parent (CA1981A_EDLEVM)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 347
End: 348
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 Elementary-secondary only: less than grade 5
02 Elementary-secondary only: grades 5 to 8
03 Elementary-secondary only: grades 9 to 13
04 Elementary-secondary only: secondary (high) school graduation certificate
05 Elementary-secondary only: trades certificate or diploma
06 Other non-university education only: without other non-university or trades certificate or diploma
07 Other non-university education only: with trades certificate or diploma
08 Other non-university education only: with other non-university certificate or diploma
09 University: without certificate, diploma or degree
10 University: with university or other non-university certifciate or diploma
11 University: with bachelor's degree or higher
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 husband or single male parent in a census family attended, or the highest year of university or college education he completed.
Universe
Canada 1981: Persons in census families not headed by female lone parents [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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