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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999
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NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Highest educational level (C_EDUCLVL)

Data file: NGA1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 457
End: 457
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
108. What is the highest level of school you attended: primary, secondary, or higher?

PRIMARY 1
SECONDARY 2
HIGHER 3
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Primary
2 Secondary
3 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
For women who ever went to school, EDUCLVL (V106) reports the highest level of school they attended. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDUCLVL is a standardized variable reporting level of education in four broad categories: No education, Primary, Secondary, and Higher.

The DHS recode manuals state, "In some countries the educational system does not fit naturally within this scheme, and a different categorization was used for the Final Report. In this case, this variable is constructed as accurately as possible from the country's own scheme, and the variable used for the Final Report is included as a country-specific variable."

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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