Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016

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Reference ID

IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Field of study at the highest level of education (IE2016A_EDFIELD)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 190

End: 191

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

26. What is the main field of study of the highest qualification you have completed to date?</p>
<div class="i1">Exclude Secondary school qualifications. <br /><br />Write in the field of study ____ (e.g. accountancy, beauty therapy, farming, plumbing)</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	General programmes
02	Education
03	Humanities and arts
04	Social sciences, business, and law
05	Science, mathematics, and computing
06	Engineering, manufacturing, and construction
07	Agriculture and veterinary
08	Health and welfare
09	Services
98	Unknown
99	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 the person's field of study at the highest level of education.

Universe

Ireland 2016: Present persons age 15+ with tertiary education [discrepancies: type I 12.8%; type II 1.0%]

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