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The 1985 General Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Turkiye, 1985
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TUR_1985_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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State Institute of Statistics of Turkey, IPUMS
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Highest level of education completed (TR1985A_EDLEVEL)

Data file: TUR1985_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 159
End: 159
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v=" TR85A400 TR85A401 TR85A402 TR85A403 TR85A404 TR85A405 TR85A406 TR85A407 TR85A408 TR85A409 TR85A410 TR85A411 TR85A412 TR85A413 TR85A414 TR85A415 TR85A416 TR85A417 TR85A418 TR85A419 TR85A420 TR85A421 TR85A422 TR85A423 TR85A424 TR85A425 TR85A426"><span class="h2">Part IV: Questions on personal characteristics</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="TR85A409 TR85A410"><span class="em">Educational background</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TR85A409">27. Can you read and write?<br /><div class="i1">Ask persons age 6 or older<br /><br />[] 4 Yes<br />[] 5 No</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TR85A410">28. Last school completed<br /><div class="i1">[Question 28 was asked of literate persons age 6 or older]<br /><br />(Primary, secondary, high school, commercial high school, medical college, teacher training schools, etc.)<br /><br />____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No school completed
2 Primary school
3 Junior high school
4 Vocational at junior high school level
5 High school
6 Vocational at high school level
7 Higher education and university
8 Unknown
9 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 level of education that the person has completed.
Universe
Turkey 1985: Literate persons age 6+ [discrepancies: none]

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