2008 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Israel, 2008

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ISR_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, IPUMS

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Years of schooling, intervalled (YRSCHOOL2)

Data file: ISR2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 81

End: 81

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
	None
1	1 to 4 years
2	5 to 8
3	9 to 10
4	11 to 12
5	13 to 15
6	16 or more
8	Unknown/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

YRSCHOOL2 indicates the number of years of schooling the person completed, categorized into multi-year intervals. Only formal schooling is counted. Courses lasting less than a year are excluded.

The variable is only available for Israel. Most other countries have more detailed information on years of schooling in YRSCHOOL. Information on level of schooling and degree is available in EDATTAIN.

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