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VII Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico de 1960. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 1960
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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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Last grade concluded (BR1960A_EDGRADE)

Data file: BRA1960_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 196
End: 196
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BR60A413 BR60A414 BR60A415"><span class="h2">Only for persons 5 years and older</span><br />[Applies to questions L - N]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="BR60A414 BR60A415"><span class="em">Questions M and N: If attending or attended school, indicate the last grade and/or level that was passed</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BR60A414"><span class="h3">M. Grade</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 44 1st grade<br />[] 45 2nd grade<br />[] 46 3rd grade<br />[] 47 4th grade<br />[] 48 5th grade<br />[] 49 6th grade<br />[] 50 currently attending 1st grade<br />[] 51 didn't attend and never attended</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 First grade
2 Second grade
3 Third grade
4 Fourth grade
5 Fifth grade
6 Sixth grade
7 Is in 1st grade elementary
8 Never attended school
9 Don't know
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 v="BR60A413 BR60A414 BR60A415"><span class="h3">The following questions will be asked only of persons age 5 and over</span><br />[Applies to questions L - N]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BR60A414"><span class="h3">Question M - Last year of school concluded with approval</span><br /><br />Persons who are attending or who attended a regular school should inform the last year which they passed.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 31]</span><br /><br />Thus, 1st grade should be marked for a person who is attending 2nd year [or grade] of primary school; the 2nd year of junior high school [<span class="lang">ginasial</span> - 6th to 9th year] should be marked for a person who dropped out of the course in the 3rd year of junior high school [<span class="lang">ginasial</span> - 6th to 9th year] without terminating it or without passing; and the last year of the course should be marked for a person who concluded that course (example: the enumerator should mark 5th year for those who concluded a 5-year law course).<br />Attending first year should be marked only for persons who are attending the 1st year of primary school.<br />For persons who are not attending school or who never attended school, the last Box (51 - Does not attend and never attended) should be marked.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the last grade completed. To have a complete picture, this variable should be read along with the variable named level.
Universe
Brazil 1960: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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