National Population Census - IPUMS Subset
Papua New Guinea, 1980
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PNG_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Statistics Office, IPUMS
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- PNG1980_PHC-H-H.dat
- PNG1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Highest grade completed (PG1980A_EDATTAIN)
Data file: PNG1980_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
224
End:
225
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
[Questions 4-14 were asked of all persons who stayed in the residence last night.]</p>
<p>11. What is the highest grade you finished at school?</p>
<div class="i1">Write number of grades finished or 'NIL'____</div>
<p>11. What is the highest grade you finished at school?</p>
<div class="i1">Write number of grades finished or 'NIL'____</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | No grade |
| 01 | Grade 1 |
| 02 | Grade 2 |
| 03 | Grade 3 |
| 04 | Grade 4 |
| 05 | Grade 5 |
| 06 | Grade 6 |
| 07 | Grade 7 or form 1 |
| 08 | Grade 8 or form 2 |
| 09 | Grade 9 or form 3 |
| 10 | Grade 10 or form 4 |
| 11 | Grade 11 or form 5 |
| 12 | Grade 12 or form 6 |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h1">Section 6 - The census questions</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Urban RNVs and rural villages</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Question 11</span><div class="i1">What is the highest grade you finished at school?</div><p>Grades one to six are primary school level grades seven to twelve are high school level.
<br />Write down the last grade fully completed e.g. If someone is in grade five now, this means he has fully completed grade four. So write G4.
<br />Primary schools were standards 1 to 6.
<br />Secondary schools were forms 1 to 4.
<br />If you get an answer form 2 then write F2.
<br />If you get an answer Standard 6 then write S6.
<br />Include any correspondence study. If a person has passed grade 10 fully by correspondence then write grade 10.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[pg.65]</span></p>
<p>University preliminary year is equivalent to grade 12.
<br />Ask this question for any person in the family.
<br />If a person is now doing tertiary education, you must still ask this question as you cannot take it for granted that he has necessarily completed grade twelve.
<br />For people with overseas schooling write down the highest level they finished at a school overseas.
<br />Be careful not to embarrass old people.
<br />Bible schools and <span class="lang">Tok Ples</span> schools are a problem. In most cases these do not have an official grade and thus if someone only went to one of these write 'NIL'. We are looking for recognized schooling for the purposes of getting a job.
<br />Vocational schools do not count as a grade unless they actually obtain a certificate saying that they have passed grade 8 or grade 10. Some vocational schools do the correspondence course.
<p><span class="em">Urban RNVs and rural villages</span></p>
<p><span class="em">Question 11</span><div class="i1">What is the highest grade you finished at school?</div><p>Grades one to six are primary school level grades seven to twelve are high school level.
<br />Write down the last grade fully completed e.g. If someone is in grade five now, this means he has fully completed grade four. So write G4.
<br />Primary schools were standards 1 to 6.
<br />Secondary schools were forms 1 to 4.
<br />If you get an answer form 2 then write F2.
<br />If you get an answer Standard 6 then write S6.
<br />Include any correspondence study. If a person has passed grade 10 fully by correspondence then write grade 10.</p>
<p><span class="pg">[pg.65]</span></p>
<p>University preliminary year is equivalent to grade 12.
<br />Ask this question for any person in the family.
<br />If a person is now doing tertiary education, you must still ask this question as you cannot take it for granted that he has necessarily completed grade twelve.
<br />For people with overseas schooling write down the highest level they finished at a school overseas.
<br />Be careful not to embarrass old people.
<br />Bible schools and <span class="lang">Tok Ples</span> schools are a problem. In most cases these do not have an official grade and thus if someone only went to one of these write 'NIL'. We are looking for recognized schooling for the purposes of getting a job.
<br />Vocational schools do not count as a grade unless they actually obtain a certificate saying that they have passed grade 8 or grade 10. Some vocational schools do the correspondence course.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the highest grade that a person completed.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 1980: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 58.9%]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |