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Population Census, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Highest post-school qualification field (ZA1996A_QUALFLD)

Data file: ZAF1996_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 228
End: 229
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ZA96A040 ZA96A041 ZA96A042 ZA96A432 ZA96A433 ZA96A434 ZA96A435 ZA96A436 ZA96A437 ZA96A438 ZA96A439 ZA96A440 ZA96A441 ZA96A442 ZA96A443 ZA96A444 ZA96A445 ZA96A446"><span class="em">Question 16-19 should be answered for each person in the household, whether child or adult, born before 10 October 1991 (5 years or older)</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="ZA96A433 ZA96A435" v="ZA96A040 ZA96A433 ZA96A435">16.2. Does (the person) have a technical or artisan certificate, a diploma or degree, completed at an educational institution? (e.g. teacher's diploma, BA degree or NTC III)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 = Yes<br />[] 2 = No<br />____ (If "Yes") What is the highest qualification he/she has? Specify qualification e.g. BA, HED, NTC III</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 Arts
02 Science
03 Law
04 Theology
05 Economics and management
06 Education
07 Medical sciences
08 Engineering
09 Administration and clerical
10 Protection
11 Building sciences
12 Technical
13 Computing
14 Veterinary science
15 Other
96 No qualification
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the highest post-school qualification field.
Universe
South Africa 1996: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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