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Swiss Federal Population Census of 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1980
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CHE_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Dec 19, 2014
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  • CHE1980-P-H

Highest level of educational attainment (corrected values) (CH1980A_0430)

Data file: CHE1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 203
End: 204
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
C. Questions to persons aged 15 and over




15. Completed stages of education (training):
[Please indicate all completed stages]

[] None
[] Primary school
[] Secondary or grammar school
[] Basic professional training


[] Apprenticeship (1)
[] Full-time training college (2)


[] Grammar school (6th form), teachers' training college
[] Other schools of general education (3)
[] School for higher professional training (4)
[] College, university


1. Apprenticeship: e.g. training at trade, art and commercial schools, nursing colleges; agricultural apprenticeship.

2. Full-time training colleges: e.g. secretarial and commercial colleges (with state-recognized diplomas, as well as private commercial schools), schools for medical secretaries, agricultural colleges.

3. Schools of general education: e.g. boarding school, finishing school, school for civil or public servants (G.P.O., etc.).

4. Schools for higher professional training (entry condition: completed basic professional training or general education): e.g. school for technicians, polytechnic, school for engineering, higher commercial and management school, school for social work, schools for interpreters and librarians.
Categories
Value Category
1 No school, no training
2 Mandatory schooling, preparatory schools
3 Trade school, apprenticeship
4 Teacher training school
5 Higher professional school
6 College, university
8 Presently in school
98 Unknown
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 person's highest level of educational attainment. The codes are the corrected values.
Universe
Persons age 15+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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