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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Husband's summary educational achievement (B_HUSEDACHIEVER)

Data file: ZAF1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 506
End: 506
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1004 What was the highest (standard/year) he completed at school?

LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED 00
SUB A/CLASS 1
SUB B/CLASS 2
STANDARD 1
STANDARD 2
STANDARD 3
STANDARD 4
STANDARD 5
STANDARD 6
STANDARD 7
STANDARD 8
STANDARD 9
STANDARD 10
FURTHER STUDIES INCOMPLETE 11
DIPLOMA/OTHER POSTSCHOOL COMPLETE 12
FURTHER DEGREE COMPLETE 13
DON'T KNOW 98
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 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
HUSEDACHIEVER (V729) is a summary variable that reports the highest level of education in broad categories for the woman's husband/partner. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but HUSEDACHIEVER is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

HUSEDACHIEVER is constructed from information contained in the HUSEDLVL (V701) and HUSEDYR (V702) variables.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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