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XII Recenseamento Geral da População e II Recenseamento Geral da Habitação 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Portugal, 1981
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Portugal Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Minnesota Population Center
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Educational attainment (PT1981A_0417)

Data file: PRT1981-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 207
End: 208
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions 5-27 were asked of residents of the housing unit, per question 4]



[Questions 10-11 were asked of persons who are attending or ever attended school, per question 9]


10. Level of education
Indicate the level of education that you are attending or the highest that you attended (even if didn't complete):

[] 1 Basic - Elementary school ([1st degree] 4 years)
[] 2 Basic - Preparatory school ([2nd degree] 2 years, direct of distance preparatory cycle, former 1st cycle of school, former preparatory cycle in technical schools, etc.)
[] 3 Unified secondary ([1st degree] unified course, general courses - academic, commercial, industrial, visual arts, and agricultural, former 5th year in school or equivalent)
[] 4 Complementary secondary ([2nd degree] 11th grade, 2nd complementary year -academic, commercial, industrial, visual arts, and agricultural - former 7th year of school, former preparatory sections in commercial and industrial courses and equivalent)
[] 5 Preparation year for university or 12th grade
[] 6 Professional courses
[] 7 Post-secondary courses (teaching school for preschool or primary)
[] 8 Tertiary courses



Question 10 - Level of education

Professional courses. For example, courses for: Secretary, Manager's Assistant, Correspondent, Foreign Languages and Translator-Interpreter, Education Agent, General Accounting, Special Painting Activities, etc.
If you are enrolled in more than one course, indicate the one that is most closely related to your professional activities. If you are unemployed, chose the course with which you feel more vocation.
Categories
Value Category
1 Not able to read and write
2 Able to read and write without a educational degree
3 Basic - Elementary school (1st degree - 4 years)
4 Basic - Preparatory school (2nd degree - 2 years)
5 Secondary - 1st degree
6 Secondary - 2nd degree
7 Preparation year [equivalent to the senior year in high school]
8 Professional courses
9 Post-secondary courses
10 Tertiary courses (university degrees)
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
Important: Individuals not residing in the dwelling where they spend 16 March 1981, at 00:00 hours, end the filling-in of the questionnaire here.
[Questions 5-27 were asked of residents of the housing unit, per question 4]



[Questions 10-11 were asked of person who are attending or ever attended school, per question 9]


Question 10 - Level of education

The individual must indicate the level of education that he/she is attending or the highest level of education reached, even if he did not complete it.

Basic - Elementary school (1st degree - 4 years) corresponds to the first four years of school.
Basic - Preparatory school (2nd degree - 2 years) includes the fifth and sixth year of school.
Secondary - 1st degree, includes the seventh, eighth and ninths years of school.
Secondary - 2nd degree, includes the tenth and eleventh years of school.
Access year (preparation year for university) - equivalent to the senior year in high school.
Professional courses - includes those situations of old courses of low degree and with a strong professional vocation.
Post-secondary courses - includes those situations of old courses of medium degree, like for example primary school teacher, old commercial studies, etc.
Tertiary courses (university degrees) - includes bachelor, licentiate, master, and doctoral degrees.

Description

Definition
This variable describes the person's educational attainment.
Universe
All persons

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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