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National Census of Population and Housing in 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Poland, 2002
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POL_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office of Poland, IPUMS
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Level of education completed (PL2002A_EDLEV)

Data file: POL2002_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 221
End: 222
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">10. What is your education level? </span><div class="i1">(Give the highest level of education completed in the education system)<br /><br /><span class="ital">Higher Education:</span><br />[] 1 At least doctorate <br />[] 2 Master's degree, degree in medicine or equivalent<br />[] 3 Non-university certificate or diploma (technical institute, licentiate or bachelor or economist)<br /><br /><span class="ital">Post-Secondary:</span><br />[] 4 Post-secondary with secondary school certificate <br />[] 5 Post-secondary without secondary school certificate <br /><br /><span class="ital">Secondary</span><br />[] 6 Vocational and technical with certificate<br />[] 7 Vocational without certificate<br />[] 8 General with certificate <br />[] 9 General without certificate <br />[] 10 Basic vocational <br /><br /><span class="ital">Primary</span><br />[] 11 Primary completed<br /><br /><span class="ital">Others</span><br />[] 12 Primary not completed and no school education</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 Doctorate degree
02 Master's degree, degree in medicine or equivalent
03 Non-university certificate or diploma (technical institute, licentiate, bachelor or economist)
04 Post-secondary with secondary school certificate
05 Post-secondary without secondary school certificate
06 Vocational secondary and technical with certificate
07 Vocational secondary without certificate
08 General secondary with certificate
09 General secondary without certificate
10 Vocational
11 Primary completed
12 Primary not completed and no school education
99 Unknown
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 highest level of education completed.
Universe
Poland 2002: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.6%]

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