Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1970

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Reference ID

PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

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Educational attainment recode (PR1970A_0427)

Data file: PRI1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 215

End: 216

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

20. What is the highest grade (or year) of regular school he has ever attended?

If now attending, mark grade he is in.

[] Never attended school - Skip to 22
[] Nursery school
[] Kindergarten

Elementary through high school

[] 1
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6
[] 7
[] 8
[] 9
[] 10
[] 11
[] 12

College (academic year)

[] 1
[] 2
[] 3
[] 4
[] 5
[] 6 or more

21. Did he finish the highest grade (or year) he attended?

[] Now attending this grade (or year)
[] Finished this grade (or year)
[] Did not finish this grade (or year)

Categories

Value	Category
1	None or preschool
2	Grade 1, 2, 3, or 4
3	Grade 5, 6, 7, or 8
4	Grade 9
5	Grade 10
6	Grade 11
7	Grade 12
8	1 to 3 years of college
9	4+ years of college
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 identifies the educational attainment recode of the person.

Universe

Persons age 3+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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