General Census 2005 (XVII of Population and Dwelling and VI of Housing). - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 2005 - 2006

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COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS

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Level of studies and grades completed (CO2005A_EDATTAN)

Data file: COL2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 336

End: 338

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar v="CO05A473 CO05A474 CO05A475 CO05A476 CO05A477 CO05A478 CO05A479 CO05A480 CO05A481 CO05A482 CO05A483 CO05A484 CO05A485 CO05A486 CO05A487 CO05A488 CO05A489 CO05A490 CO05A491 CO05A539"><span class="em">For persons age 3 + (generated by the DMC)</span><br /> [Questions 41-44 were asked of persons age 3 and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CO05A489 CO05A490 CO05A491 CO05A539">44. What is the last year of studies that [the respondent] passed? (basic)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Preschool</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Pre-kindergarten<br />[] 2 Kindergarten<br />[] 3 Transition</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 2 Basic elementary</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4<br />[] 5</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 3 Basic secondary</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 6<br />[] 7<br />[] 8<br />[] 9<br /><br />(Basic baccalaureate)</div><br /><div class="i3">[] 1st<br />[] 2nd<br />[] 3rd<br />[] 4th</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 4 Academic track or classic education</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 10<br />[] 11</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 23]</span><br /><br /><div class="i2">(Classic baccalaureate)</div><br /><div class="i3">[] 5th<br />[] 6th</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 5 Technical secondary</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 10<br />[] 11<br /><br />(Technical baccalaureate)</div><br /><div class="i3">[] 5th<br />[] 6th</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 6 Teacher training</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 10<br />[] 11<br />[] 12<br />[] 13</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Higher [education]</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 7 Professional technical education/</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1<br />[] 2</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 8 Technological</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 9 Professional</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4<br />[] 5<br />[] 6</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Post graduate</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 10 Specialization</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1<br />[] 2</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 11 Master's Degree</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 12 Doctorate</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1<br />[] 2<br />[] 3<br />[] 4<br />[] 5<br />[] 6</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 13 None [ ]</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
011	Preschool (pre-kindergarten)
012	Preschool (kindergarten)
013	Preschool (transition)
019	Preschool, year unknown
021	Basic elementary 1
022	Basic elementary 2
023	Basic elementary 3
024	Basic elementary 4
025	Basic elemenary 5
029	Basic elementary, year unknow
031	Basic secondary 6
032	Basic secondary 7
033	Basic secondary 8
034	Basic secondary 9
039	Basic secondary, year unknown
041	Upper academic secondary 10
042	Upper academic secondary 11
049	Upper academic secondary, year unknown
051	Upper technical secondary 10
052	Upper technical secondary 11
059	Upper technical secondary, year unknown
061	Teacher's training 10
062	Teacher's training 11
063	Teacher's training 12
064	Teacher's training 13
069	Teacher's training, year unknown
071	Professional technical 1
072	Professional technical 2
079	Professional technical, year unknown
081	Technological 1
082	Technological 2
083	Technological 3
089	Technological, year unknown
091	Professional 1
092	Professional 2
093	Professional 3
094	Professional 4
095	Professional 5
096	Professional 6
099	Professional, year unknown
101	Specialization 1
102	Specialization 2
109	Specialization, year unknown
111	Masters 1
112	Masters 2
113	Masters 3
119	Masters, year unknown
121	Doctorate 1
122	Doctorate 2
123	Doctorate 3
124	Doctorate 4
125	Doctorate 5
126	Doctorate 6
129	Doctorate, year unknown
130	None
998	Unknown
999	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 education level and grade completed by the person. This variable is constructed from CO05A489 and CO05A490.

Universe

Colombia 2005: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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