Population Census 1987, Federal Republic Germany - IPUMS Subset
Germany, 1987
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DEU_1987_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt), IPUMS
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Main field of completed vocational or university education/training (DE1987A_EDFIELD)
Data file: DEU1987_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
145
End:
146
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="DE87A085 DE87A422 DE87A423 DE87A446 DE87A450"><span class="em">Question 10: What is the highest level at a vocational school or university?</span><br />a) Full-time vocational schools are attended either in preparation for a specific trade or for a complete vocational training. They include (among others): commercial schools, schools for higher commercial studies, administrative schools, language schools and interpreters' schools, housekeeping schools, nursemaids' schools, schools for medical assistants, schools of arts and schools of dramatic arts.<br /><br />Compulsory part-time vocational schools or special part-time vocational schools must not be indicated under "full-time vocational school".<br /><br />Advanced full-time vocational schools provide a further education for specific occupations. They may be attended on a part-time or a full-time basis.<br /><br />The advanced full-time vocational schools are normally designated as "special schools for... (occupational objective or field of interest)" -- e.g., advanced full-time technical schools (also schools for technicians), advanced full-time vocational schools for economics, agriculture, home economics, textiles and clothing, social pedagogy. These schools also include master schools.<br /><br />The vocational colleges mainly emerged from the former engineering schools and higher advanced full-time vocational schools. Their objective is to provide an education on a scientific or artistic basis by means of schooling especially focused on practical training, thereby enabling the students to perform an independent activity in their professional life. The vocational colleges also include the administrative vocational colleges where junior staff is trained for the upper-grade non-technical service of the Federation and the states.<br /><br />Studies at universities, teacher training colleges, theological colleges and colleges of arts as well as in scientific courses of studies at the <span class="lang">Gesamthochschulen</span> should be indicated under "institution of higher education."<br /><br />b) Indicated here is the occupational emphasis towards which the successful completion of a full-time vocational school, advanced full-time vocational school, vocational college or university that was orientated -- e.g., agriculture, mechanical engineering electrical engineering, business management, economics, surface ground construction, underground construction, trade in goods, transport and communications, banking and insurance. If a commercial school was completed, please enter "commercial school."<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar v="DE87A084 DE87A085 DE87A421 DE87A422 DE87A423 DE87A424 DE87A425 DE87A433 DE87A445 DE87A449 DE87A450 DE87A459"><span class="em">For persons between 15 and 65 years of age</span><br />[Questions 9-11 were asked of persons between 15 and 65 years]<br /><br />If you have completed education at a school/university of general/vocational education:<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="DE87A423">10b. What is the main special field of this completed education/training? ________<br /></svar>
<p><svar v="DE87A084 DE87A085 DE87A421 DE87A422 DE87A423 DE87A424 DE87A425 DE87A433 DE87A445 DE87A449 DE87A450 DE87A459"><span class="em">For persons between 15 and 65 years of age</span><br />[Questions 9-11 were asked of persons between 15 and 65 years]<br /><br />If you have completed education at a school/university of general/vocational education:<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="DE87A423">10b. What is the main special field of this completed education/training? ________<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Agriculture |
| 02 | Horticulture and viniculture |
| 03 | Forestry and fishery |
| 04 | Food industry and luxury foods |
| 05 | Nutrition, home economics |
| 07 | Mining and metallurgy |
| 08 | Stone, earth, ceramic, glass |
| 09 | Architecture |
| 10 | Interior design |
| 11 | Civil engineering |
| 12 | Construction provisions |
| 13 | Building industry general |
| 14 | Metalworking and plastic manufacturing |
| 16 | Optic-mechanics |
| 17 | Mechanical engineering general |
| 18 | Vehicle construction |
| 19 | Electro technology |
| 20 | Wood processing |
| 21 | Paper manufacturing and processing and printing, photography, graphics |
| 23 | Technical drawing |
| 24 | Textile/leather manufacturing and processing |
| 26 | Mathematics |
| 27 | Data processing |
| 28 | Biology and bioengineering |
| 29 | Chemistry and chemical engineering |
| 30 | Physics and physic engineering |
| 31 | Business economics |
| 32 | Other natural sciences and science-technical fields |
| 34 | Business administration |
| 35 | Commercial administration |
| 36 | Commodity trade |
| 37 | Banking and insurance |
| 38 | Traffic |
| 40 | Public administration |
| 41 | Public security, defense |
| 42 | Law |
| 43 | Economics and statistics |
| 45 | Political and social sciences |
| 46 | Regional planning |
| 48 | Hotel, catering and tourism |
| 50 | Cleaning (buildings, textiles), personal hygiene and other services |
| 53 | Medicine |
| 54 | Dentistry |
| 55 | Veterinary medicine |
| 56 | Pharmacy |
| 57 | Nursing |
| 58 | Medical-technical assistance |
| 59 | Alternative medical treatment |
| 60 | Social worker and educational sociology |
| 61 | Social, senior, home and family care and other in health and social services |
| 64 | Educational system |
| 65 | Teaching primary school |
| 66 | Teaching secondary school |
| 67 | Teaching high school |
| 68 | Teaching special schools |
| 69 | Teaching trade schools |
| 70 | Teaching music and technical subjects |
| 71 | Teaching other certificates |
| 72 | Protestant theology |
| 73 | Catholic theology and other theology |
| 75 | Philosophy |
| 76 | History |
| 77 | Library, documentation, publishing |
| 78 | Humanities, romanic languages and literatures, Slavic studies and non-European languages and cultures |
| 79 | German studies |
| 80 | English studies |
| 84 | Languages and cultures general |
| 85 | Translation |
| 86 | Psychology |
| 87 | Art studies general |
| 88 | Fine arts |
| 89 | Visual arts |
| 90 | Performing arts |
| 91 | Music |
| 98 | General education |
| 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 main field of the person's completed vocational or university education/training.
Universe
Germany 1987: Persons age 15-64 who completed vocation or university education [discrepancies: none]
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Concept