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2011 National Household Survey - IPUMS Subset

Canada, 2011
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CAN_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Canada, IPUMS
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Secondary (high) school diploma or equivalent (CA2011A_SECGRADP)

Data file: CAN2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 263
End: 263
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em"> Questions 27 through 55 are only for persons aged 15 years and over (born before May 10, 1996).</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">Education</span></p>

<p>27. Has this person completed a secondary (high) school diploma or equivalent?</p>
<div class="i1">Examples of secondary (high) school equivalency certificates are General Educational Development (GED) and Adult Basic Education (ABE).<br /><br />Secondary (high) school diploma or certificate:<br />[] Yes, secondary (high) school diploma<br />[] Yes, secondary (high) school diploma<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 No high school diploma or equivalency certificate, without further completed schooling
2 No high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with further completed schooling
3 With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, without further completed schooling
4 With high school diploma or equivalency certificate, with further completed schooling
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
This variable indicates whether the person has secondary (high) school diploma or equivalent.
Universe
Canada 2011: Persons age 15+ [discrepancies: none]

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