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General Population Census of 1990 - IPUMS Subset

France, 1990
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FRA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), IPUMS
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Diploma (FR1990A_DIPLOMA)

Data file: FRA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 211
End: 211
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="FR90A434 FR90A454 FR90A434 FR90A436 FR90A453 FR90A451 FR90A437 FR90A452 FR90A444 FR90A439 FR90A445 FR90A446 FR90A447 FR90A449 FR90A443 FR90A442"><span class="em">Questions 8 through 21 are only for those people 14 years old or more</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="FR90A434 FR90A454"><span class="h3">8. Indicate your highest grade level or degree</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Certificate of primary studies<br />[] 2 BEPC (<span class="lang">Brevet d'études du premier cycle</span> - certificate of first cycle studies), elementary certificate, junior high school certificate<br />[] 3 CAP (<span class="lang">Certificat d'aptitutude professionnelle</span> - certificate of professional aptitude)<br />[] 4 BEP (<span class="lang">Brevet d'études professionelles</span> - certificate of professional studies)<br />[] 5 High school diploma, professional certificate or technical certificate, other certificate (BEA [<span class="lang">Brevet d'Enseignment Agricole</span> - c. of agricultural education], BEC [<span class="lang">Brevet d'etudes commerciales</span> - c. of management studies], BEI [Brevet d'Enseignement Industrielles -c. of industrial education], etc.)<br />[] 6 University Bachelor's degree, BTS [<span class="lang">Brevet de Technicien Supérieur</span> - superior technician c.], DEST [<span class="lang">Diplome d'études supérieures techniques</span> - superior technical studies diploma], DUT [<span class="lang">Diplome Universitaire de Technologie</span> - technological university diploma], diploma of social professions or of health<br />[] 7 University graduate degree, Engineering degree, from a <span class="lang">Grande Ecole</span> [school of superior studies, admission to which is highly competitive], etc.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="FR90A434 FR90A435 FR90A436 FR90A437 FR90A451 FR90A453 FR90A453"><span class="em">If you do not work (or do not work anymore), answer questions 9-11</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="FR90A435 FR90A436 FR90A453" v="FR90A434 FR90A435 FR90A436 FR90A453"><span class="h3">9. Are you?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 High school student, university student, volunteer intern<br />[] 2 Unemployed (enrolled or not with the ANPE [<span class="lang">Agence nationale pour l'emploi</span> - National agency for unemployment])<br />[] 3 Retired (formerly paid) or retired early<br />[] 4 Retired from business (former farmer, former artist, former merchant)<br />[] 5 Housewife<br />[] 6 Other (not active at this time) (including people not receiving anything but a reversion benefit)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No diploma declared
2 Certificate of elementary school
3 Elementary certificate, middle school certificate
4 Certificate of professional aptitutude
5 Certificate of professional studies
6 High school diploma
7 Bachelor's degree, BTS, DUEST, DUT,
8 Graduate degree, engineering diploma,
9 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 respondent's education diploma.
Universe
France 1990: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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