1980 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1980

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TTO_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS

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Years of schooling at highest level (TT1980A_EDYEAR)

Data file: TTO1980_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 162

End: 162

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="h2">Section 3 Education -- For all persons</span></p>

<p>14(a). Highest level of (non--vocational) educational attainment
<br />What is (N) [the respondent's] highest level of educational attainment (non-vocational)?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 None<br /><div class="i2">Skip to Q 15</div><br />[] 2 Nursery/Kindergarten<br />[] 3 Primary (P)<br />[] 4 Secondary (S)<br />[] 5 University (U)<br />[] 6 Other<br />[] 8 Not applicable (NA)<br />[] 9 Not stated (NS)<br /><div class="i2">Skip to Q.15</div></div><p>14(b). Years of schooling at highest level
<br />How many years of schooling (at the highest level of educational attainment) did (N) [the respondent] have?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 Less than a year<br />[] 1 1 year<br />[] 2 2 years<br />[] 3 3 years<br />[] 4 4 years<br />[] 5 5 years<br />[] 6 6 years<br />[] 7 7 years or more<br />[] 9 Not stated</div>

Value	Category
	Less than a year
1	1 year
2	2 years
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7 years or more
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the years of schooling that the respondent completed.

Universe

Trinidad and Tobago 1980: Persons who attended school [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.1%]

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