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IX National Population and Housing Census, 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2010
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DOM_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Field of study, 2 digits (DO2010A_UNIVFLD)

Data file: DOM2010_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 324
End: 325
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">For persons age 3 and over</span></p>

<p>39. What is/was the university course [the respondent] studied or studies?</p>
<div class="i1">____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Education
02 Arts and humanities
03 Social sciences, business and law
04 Sciences
05 Engineering, industry and construction
06 Agriculture
07 Health and social services
08 Services
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Question 39</span>. What is/was the university major or "career" [the respondent] studied or studies?
<br />This question is for persons who are currently attending or attended school. This question will be only asked if the informant answered code 4 from question 37. Record the name of the major or "career" declared by the informant.
<br />In case the person being surveyed has completed more than one "career", record the one that informant declares as the main one. You should record the name of the career in capital letters leaving blank a box between words and do NOT abbreviate, accentuate or write commas. You should record the name of the career fully and correctly as shown in the examples below: </p>
<ul class="b1">
<li>Law </li>

<li>Education </li>

<li>Medicine </li>

<li>Odontology </li>

<li>Biology </li>

<li>Civil Engineering</li>
</ul><p>[NEXT COLUMN]</p>
<ul class="b1">
<li>Hydraulics Engineering</li>

<li>Architecture </li>

<li>Bio analysis </li>

<li>Computer Science</li>

<li>Systems Engineering</li>

<li>Agronomy</li>
</ul>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the field of study (2 digits) for those who completed a university degree.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2010: Persons aged 3+ whose highest level of education is university or higher [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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