VII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1960. - IPUMS Subset
Brazil, 1960
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Reference ID
BRA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Servico Nacional de Recenseamento. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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- Data files
- BRA1960_PHC-H-H.dat
- BRA1960_PHC-P-H.dat
Course concluded (BR1960A_EDCOURSE)
Data file: BRA1960_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
198
End:
199
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="BR60A416 BR60A417 BR60A418 BR60A419 BR60A420 BR60A421 BR60A422"><span class="h2">Only for people 10 years and older</span><br />[Applies to questions O - U]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="BR60A416"><span class="h3">O. Type of course that was passed</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">____<br />____ Code</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="BR60A416"><span class="h3">O. Type of course that was passed</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">____<br />____ Code</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 09 | No course concluded |
| 10 | Primary |
| 11 | Commercial |
| 13 | Sanitary services |
| 14 | Elementary military |
| 15 | Agriculture and cattle raising |
| 16 | Emendativo (general education) |
| 17 | Industrial elementry |
| 19 | Other elementary |
| 20 | Junior high school (grades 7-9; ginasial) |
| 21 | Commercial 1st level |
| 22 | Normal or teaching 1st level |
| 24 | Military 1st Level |
| 25 | Agriculture and cattle raising |
| 26 | Emendativo (general education) 1st Level |
| 27 | Industrial 1st Level |
| 29 | Other 1st Level |
| 33 | Sanitary services |
| 34 | Military high school |
| 36 | Physical education |
| 38 | Ecclesiastical |
| 39 | Other middle levels |
| 40 | High school or scientific |
| 41 | Commercial 2nd level |
| 42 | Normal 2nd level |
| 44 | Military 2nd level |
| 45 | Agriculture and cattle raising |
| 47 | Industrial 2nd level |
| 49 | Other 2nd level |
| 50 | Geography and history |
| 51 | Natural history |
| 52 | Literature |
| 53 | Math, physics, chemistry |
| 54 | Other courses |
| 57 | Fine arts |
| 60 | Medicine |
| 61 | Pharmacy |
| 62 | Dentistry |
| 63 | Veterinary medicine |
| 64 | Engineering |
| 65 | Architecture |
| 66 | Industrial chemistry |
| 67 | Law |
| 68 | Agronomy |
| 70 | Economic sciences |
| 71 | Domestic arts |
| 72 | Undocumented |
| 73 | Sanitary services |
| 74 | Higher education military |
| 76 | Physical education |
| 78 | Ecclesiastical |
| 79 | Other higher education |
| 89 | Undocumented |
| 99 | Unknown |
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="BR60A416"><span class="h3">Question O - Type of course passed</span><br /><br />The response should indicate the type of the most advanced course actually concluded by the person being enumerated according to the degree or diploma attained.<br />Examples: Primary, Junior High school [<span class="lang">Ginasial</span>], Classical [Senior high School], Scientific [also Senior High School], Accounting, Bookkeeping, Accounting Technician, Normal School, Law, Medicine, <span class="pg">[p. 32]</span> Agronomy, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Engineering, Military School, Denominational Pre-seminary, Denominational Seminary, Nursing, Physical Education, Instructor of ____, Technician in ____, Sergeant's Course, etc.<br />Short professional specialization courses or cultural extension courses should not be mentioned because they do not indicate the true level of instruction. They can usually be taken at any level of instruction. So, only if the person being enumerated has no other instruction should a course of this nature be mentioned, but with its exact specification.<br />Upon obtaining the respondent's declaration, the enumerator will consult the list of codes found on the left-hand side of the questionnaire (Code 2 for Question O) and will record the code corresponding to the declaration. The enumerator will write the information in full only when no code is listed as corresponding to the declaration.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the type of the most advanced course actually concluded by the person being enumerated according to the degree or diploma attained such as Primary, Junior High school, accounting, bookkeeping, etc.
Universe
Brazil 1960: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |