Swiss Federal Population Census of 1980 - IPUMS Subset

Switzerland, 1980

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CHE_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Educational attainment, Switzerland (EDUCCH)

Data file: CHE1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 115

End: 116

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
10	None
20	Mandatory schooling up to 7 years
30	Mandatory schooling and preparatory schools
40	Upper secondary
41	General (matura schools, teacher training school)
42	Vocational (trade school, apprenticeship, vocational baccalaureate)
50	Higher professional school
60	University
99	Unknown

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.

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Definition

EDUCCH indicates the person's educational attainment in Switzerland in terms of the level of schooling completed.

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