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Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009
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LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Educational level during current school year (H_EDLEVELNOW)

Data file: LSO2009-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 356
End: 356
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(21) During this/that school year, what level and grade [is/was] (NAME) attending?
SEE CODES BELOW

LEVEL ___

1=PRIMARY
2=VOC./TECH. TRAINING AFTER PRIMARY
3=SECONDARY/HIGH
4=VOC./TECH. TRAINING AFTER SECONDARY/HIGH
5=COLLEGE
6=GRADUATE/POST GRADUATE
8=DON'T KNOW

GRADE ___ ___

STANDARD 01-07=LEVEL 1 (PRIMARY SCHOOL)
YEAR 01-06=LEVEL 2 (VOC/TECH. AFTER PRIMARY)
FROM 01-05=LEVEL 3 (SECONDARY/HIGH)
YEAR 01-06=LEVEL 4 (VOC./TECH. AFTER SECONDARY)
YEAR 01-03=LEVEL 5 (COLLEGE)
YEAR 01-06=LEVEL 6 (GRAD./POST GRAD).
98=DON'T KNOW
Categories
Value Category
0 No education/preschool
1 Primary
2 Secondary
3 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
EDLEVELNOW (HV122) reports the level of school the household member attended during the current school year. 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/preschool, Primary, Secondary, and Higher.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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