2005 National Census. Eighth Census of Population, Fourth Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset
Nicaragua, 2005
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NIC_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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- NIC2005_PHC-H-H.dat
- NIC2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Course of studies or major (2-digit) (NI2005A_STUDY2)
Data file: NIC2005_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
258
End:
259
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Basic technical studies in agricultural sciences and forestry |
| 11 | Basic technical studies in industry and carpentry |
| 12 | Basic technical studies in mechanics, communications, and construction |
| 13 | Basic technical studies in management, accounting, secretarial studies, design, and gastronomy |
| 19 | Basic technical studies nec |
| 20 | Intermediate technical studies in agricultural sciences and forestry |
| 21 | Intermediate technical studies in refrigeration and in industrial, car, and computers repair and maintenance |
| 22 | Intermediate technical studies in electricity and construction |
| 23 | Intermediate technical studies in management, accounting, and secretarial studies |
| 24 | Intermediate technical studies in electronics, computers, education, and health |
| 29 | Intermediate technical studies nec |
| 30 | Higher technical studies in agriculture, management, economics, and secretarial studies |
| 31 | Higher technical studies in teaching, legal studies, technology, medicine, sociology, theology, health, arts, and university bachelor degrees |
| 39 | Higher technical studies nec |
| 40 | University studies in agriculture, livestock breeding, veterinary, forestry, ecology, geodesy, and geology |
| 41 | University studies in life sciences, environment, chemistry, mathematics, physics, medicine, nursing, computer sciences, and computers |
| 42 | University studies in economics, management, marketing, tourism, finance, trade, civil engineering and other related, and diplomas |
| 43 | University studies in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, navigation and fisheries, telematics and telecommunications, history, philosophy, antropology and geography, law, philology and linguistics, and English |
| 44 | University studies in political sciences, communications, psicology, sociology, social sciences, history, geography, natural sciences, biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, Spanish, education and pedagogy |
| 45 | University studies in liberal arts, design, and food |
| 49 | University studies nec |
| 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 course of studies or major, for persons with technical or university education.
Universe
Nicaragua 2005: Persons age 5+ with technical or university studies [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |