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Demographic and Health Survey 1993-1994 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1993 - 1994
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BGD_1993_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 (B_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: BGD1994-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 463
End: 463
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?

LEVEL

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

CLASS

00 LESS THAN 1 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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