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1991 Census of Canada - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 1991
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Years of university (CA1991A_UNIVYR)

Data file: CAN1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 291
End: 291
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CA91A474 CA91A476 CA91A473 CA91A475 CA91A412 CA91A464 CA91A465 CA91A466 CA91A467 CA91A470 CA91A471 CA91A463 CA91A367 CA91A468 CA91A469 CA91A481 CA91A477 CA91A482 CA91A487 CA91A488 CA91A478 CA91A484 CA91A485 CA91A486 CA91A479 CA91A483 CA91A480 CA91A405 CA91A406 CA91A021 CA91A472 CA91A489 CA91A490 CA91A491 CA91A492 CA91A493 CA91A494 CA91A495 CA91A496 CA91A497 CA91A498 CA91A499 CA91A500 CA91A501 CA91A502 CA91A503"><span class="h2">STEP 10: Answer Questions 20 to 45 for each person aged 15 and over.</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="CA91A470" v="CA91A470 CA91A472">25. How many years of education has this person completed at university?<br /><div class="i1">[] None<br />[] Less than 1 year (of completed courses)<br />[] Number of completed years at university ____</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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="CA91A463 CA91A464 CA91A466 CA91A467 CA91A468 CA91A469 CA91A470 CA91A471 CA91A473 CA91A474 CA91A475 CA91A476 CA91A478 CA91A479 CA91A480 CA91A481 CA91A482 CA91A483 CA91A484 CA91A485 CA91A486 CA91A487 CA91A488 CA91A489 CA91A490 CA91A491 CA91A494 CA91A495 CA91A496 CA91A497 CA91A499 CA91A500 CA91A501"><div class="i1">Answer Questions 20 to 45 for each person aged 15 and over, that is, for each person born before June 4, 1976.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="CA91A470" v="CA91A470 CA91A472"><span class="h3">Question 25: Years of schooling (university)</span><br /><div class="i1">Indicate the number of academic years successfully completed regardless of the length of time it may have taken. For persons who attended a university on the semester system, consider two semesters with a regular course load the equivalent of one academic year.<br />For persons who received university training by correspondence, or attended classes part time during the day or evening, covert their accumulated credits to the equivalent number of years in the full-time regular program.<br />For persons who studied in the classical colleges of Quebec, consider <span class="em">Philo I</span> and <span class="em">Philo II</span> as first and second year equivalents to university, respectively. Do not, however, include <span class="em">Belles-Lettres</span> and <span class="em">Rhétorique</span> with university education.<br />Teacher training received from a faculty of education that was associated with an accredited university should be reported as university education. Otherwise, this type of training should be included in Question 26.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the total number of completed years (or less than one year of completed courses) of education at educational institutions which confer a degree, certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a program of studies.
Universe
Canada 1991: Persons age 15+ who ever attended university [discrepancies: none]

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Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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