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Seventh General Population and Housing Census, 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Suriname, 2004
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SUR_2004_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Highest education level attained (SR2004A_EDLEV)

Data file: SUR2004_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 132
End: 133
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Personal form</span></p>

<p><span class="em">5 years and above</span>
<br />[Question P15 was asked of persons 5 years and over.]</p>

<p>P15. What is the highest formal education this person received up to and including the 2002/2003 school year?</p>

<p>Type of education</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 None [Go to P16]<br />[] 2 Preschool<br />[] 3 Special-Needs Education<br />[] 4 GLO<br />[] 5 LBO<br />[] 6 JVO (ULO/MULO/ MULO/ LBGO)<br />[] 7 MBO (IMEO, NATIN, AMTO)<br />[] 8 Teacher Training for Primary Education<br />[] 9 SVO (VWO, HAVO)<br />[] 10 Higher Vocational Education<br />[] 11 University<br />[] 97 Don't know [Go to P16]<br />[] 99 No response [Go to P16]</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 None
02 Preschool
03 Special-needs education
04 Primary (GLO)
05 Basic vocational (LBO)
06 Junior secondary (VOJ - ULO, MULO, LBGO)
07 Senior secondary vocational (MBO - IMEO, NATIN, AMTO)
08 Teacher training for primary education (kweekschool)
09 Senior secondary (VWO, HAVO)
10 Higher vocational (HBO)
11 University
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 highest education level completed by the person.
Universe
Suriname 2004: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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