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General Census of Population and Housing (1988) - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1988
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Level of education (SN1988A_EDLEV1)

Data file: SEN1988_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 207
End: 207
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SN88A416 SN88A417 SN88A418 SN88A419 SN88A420 SN88A421 SN88A422 SN88A423 SN88A433 SN88A434 SN88A435"><span class="h3">For persons aged 6 years and above, or born before 1982</span><br />[Questions 15 through 21 were asked of persons age 6 and older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SN88A417 SN88A418">P16. Level of education<br /><div class="i1">Circle the highest grade completed<br /><br />[] 00 None<br />[] 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 Primary<br />[] 07, 08, 09, 10 Secondary, first cycle<br />[] 11, 12, 13 Secondary, second cycle<br />[] 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 University<br />[] 19 Other</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 None
2 Primary school
3 Secondary school, first 4 years
4 Secondary school, last 3 years
5 Higher education
6 Other
8 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="SN88A417 SN88A418">P16) Level of education<br />The question applies to all persons aged 6 years and above, that is those born before 1982.<br />Ask the following question: "Have you ever been - or do you currently go - to a school where the teaching is in French?"<br /><br />If the answer is yes, then ask:<br />"What is the last grade completed, or the grade you are currently enrolled in?" Then circle the code corresponding to the answer given.<br /><br />Example: <br /><div class="i1">For a pupil in fifth grade of primary school (CM2), or for a person who does not go to school any longer, but whose last grade completed was fifth grade of primary school (CM2), circle "06"<br />For a student in ninth grade, secondary school (<span class="lang">4eme</span>), or for a person who does not go to school any longer, but whose last grade completed was ninth grade, secondary school (<span class="lang">4eme</span>), circle "09"<br />For a student in Bachelor's year at the university (<span class="lang">License</span>), or for a person who does not go to school any longer, but whose last grade completed was Bachelor's year at the university (<span class="lang">License</span>), circle "16"</div><br /><br />If the person had been to a technical or vocational school, circle the number of years of studies in that school.<br /><div class="i1">Examples: <br />For a student who finished the first year of the "School of Police" (Section of Constables), circle "07"<br />For police inspectors, circle "11".<br />For Civil Administrator, who completed the National School for Administration and Magistrate in Senegal (ENAM), circle "18".<br />For a person who is in the second year ITS of ENEA, circle "15" (13 years before entering the ENEA school + 2 years within ENEA)<br />For a person who completed the National School for Nurses (EIIE), circle "13" (10 years before entering the school + 3 years within the school.</div><br /><br />If the answer is "no", ask the following question: "Have you been to a school where the teaching is done in another language?"<br /><div class="i1">If the answer is "no", circle "A 00"<br />If the answer is "yes", circle "19".<br />If the person only went to Koranic school, circle "A 00"</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the level of education.

The variable records the number of completed years for persons not currently attending school and the level of current enrollment if the person is attending school.
Universe
Senegal 1988: Persons age 6+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.1% ]

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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