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Demographic and Health Survey 1996-1997 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1996 - 1997
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BGD_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Summary educational achievement (C_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: BGD1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 469
End: 469
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
IF ATTENDED SCHOOL
12. What is the highest level of school (NAME) attended? What is the highest class (NAME) completed at that level?

LEVEL OF EDUCATION

1 PRIMARY
2 SECONDARY
3 COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY
8 DOES NOT KNOW

CLASS

00 LESS THAN ONE YEAR COMPLETED
98 DOES NOT KNOW

IF AGED LESS THAN 25 YEARS
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
8 Missing
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
EDACHIEVER (V149) is a summary variable that reports the woman's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDACHIEVER is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

EDACHIEVER is constructed from information contained in EDUCLVL (V106) and YRSCHL (V107).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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