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Demographic and Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2007
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Reference ID
ZMB_2007_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Health, Tropical Diseases Research Centre, University of Zambia [Zambia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Man's summary educational achievement (M_EDACHIEVERMN)

Data file: ZMB2007-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 521
End: 521
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(24) What is the highest level of school (NAME) has attended? What is the highest grade (NAME) completed at that level?

LEVEL ___

0 = NURSERY/KINDERGARTEN
1 = PRIMARY
2 = SECONDARY
3 = HIGHER
8 = DON'T KNOW

GRADE ___

00 = LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED
98 = DON'T KNOW
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
6 Other
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
EDACHIEVERMN (MV149) is a summary variable that reports the man's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDACHIEVERMN is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories:

No education,
Incomplete primary
Complete primary
Incomplete secondary
Complete secondary
Higher


EDACHIEVERMN is constructed from information contained in EDUCLVLMN (MV106) and YRSCHLMN (MV107).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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