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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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Years of university education (CA1981A_UNIVYR)

Data file: CAN1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 260
End: 260
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CA81A433 CA81A434 CA81A435 CA81A436 CA81A437 CA81A438 CA81A439 CA81A432 CA81A418 CA81A419 CA81A415 CA81A412 CA81A413 CA81A414 CA81A420 CA81A421 CA81A422 CA81A423 CA81A416 CA81A417 CA81A429 CA81A430 CA81A427 CA81A428 CA81A431 CA81A424 CA81A425 CA81A021 CA81A404 CA81A405 CA81A449 CA81A450 CA81A451 CA81A452 CA81A453 CA81A455 CA81A456 CA81A457 CA81A460 CA81A461 CA81A462 CA81A463 CA81A468">[Questions 31-46 were asked of persons age 15+, per question 30.]<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>
Categories
Value Category
0 Less than 1 year (of completed courses)
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6+
9 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 number of years of university education that a person had obtained.
Universe
Canada 1981: Persons age 15+ ever attended universities [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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