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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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Summary educational achievement (W_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: ZAF1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 495
End: 495
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
109 What is the highest (standard/year) you completed?

LESS THAN ONE YEAR COMPLETED 00
SUB A/CLASS 1 71
SUB B/CLASS 2 72
STANDARD 1 01
STANDARD 2 02
STANDARD 3 03
STANDARD 4 04
STANDARD 5 05
STANDARD 6 06
STANDARD 7 07
STANDARD 8 08
STANDARD 9 09
STANDARD 10 10
FURTHER STUDIES INCOMPLETE 11
DIPLOMA/OTHER POSTSCHOOLCOMPLETE 12
FURTHER DEGREE COMPLETE 13
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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