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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2011
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TTO_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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Highest level of educational attainment (TT2011A_EDLEVEL)

Data file: TTO2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 269
End: 270
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 5: Education - For all persons</span></p>

<p>18(a). Highest level of educational attainment</p>
<div class="i1">What is (N's) [the respondent's] highest level of educational attainment?<br /><br />[] 00 None</div><div class="i2">Skip to Q.19</div><div class="i1">[] 01 Early Childhood Care and Education/Nursery School/Kindergarten (ECCE/N/K)<br />[] 02 Primary (P)<br />[] 03 Secondary (S)<br />[] 04 Post Secondary (PS)<br />[] 05 Tertiary/Non University (T/NU)<br />[] 06 Tertiary/University (T/U)<br />[] 07 Other<br />[] 08 Not applicable (NA)</div><div class="i2">Skip to Q.19</div><div class="i1">[] 09 Not stated (NS)</div><div class="i2">Skip to Q.19</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 None
01 Early childhood care and education, nursery school, or kindergarten
02 Primary
03 Secondary
04 Post secondary
05 Tertiary, non university
06 Tertiary, university
07 Other
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Section 5 - Education</span></p>

<p><span class="em">5.4. Highest level of educational attainment.</span></p>

<p>This refers to the highest level completed within the most advanced level attended in the educational system. This concept relates to non-vocational education, i.e. attainment at primary, secondary, post-secondary and university.</p>

<p>In Secondary Schools where vocational and trade subjects were incorporated within the system, the concept is also applicable. It should be noted that in cases where the respondents were educated abroad, the equivalent is to be recorded.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the persons' highest level of educational attainment.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Persons in private households living in Trinidad and Tobago [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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