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General Population Census VII, Home III and Housing V - IPUMS Subset

Uruguay, 1985 - 1996
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URY_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Field of studies [1-digit] (UY1996A_MAJOR1)

Data file: URY1996_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 201
End: 201
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="UY96A417 UY96A418 UY96A419 UY96A420 UY96A421 UY96A422 UY96A423 UY96A424"><span class="em">For all people age 3 or older</span><br />[Questions 11-15 were asked of persons age 3 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A412 UY96A422 UY96A423 UY96A424">15. What is the specialization or major area of study?<br /><div class="i1">[Question 16 was asked of persons age 3 or older who have attended secondary second cycle, university, teacher training or military/police schools, per question 12.]<br /><br />If you marked group "A" in question 12, go to question 16 if necessary.<br /><br />Only for those in group "B" of question 12<br /><br />____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
3 Secondary education, second cycle
5 Tertiary education to obtain certificate/diploma not equivalent to a university degree
6 Tertiary education to obtain certificate/diploma equivalent to a university degree
7 Tertiary education to obtain certificate/diploma equivalent to a post-graduate degree or its equivalent
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="UY96A417 UY96A418 UY96A419 UY96A420 UY96A421 UY96A422 UY96A423 UY96A424"><span class="em">Persons age 3 or older</span><br />The questions of this part have the purpose of knowing the educational level of the population, both on the plane of regular education, as well as training courses or non-regular education, offered by public and private organizations, in this country or abroad.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="UY96A421 UY96A422 UY96A423 UY96A424"><span class="em">Question 15. What is the orientation or major studied?</span><br /><br />Observe in the questionnaire that the options for answers of Question 12 are found marked in two different boxes, which the letters A and B are in, respectively.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 26]</span><br /><br />For those people in which you marked any option inside box "B" of Question 12 (Highest level reached in regular education: preparatory or secondary second cycle, university, teaching formation, military or police career), you should ask Question 16.<br /><br />If the enumerated person has as highest level of education in Question 12, one of the options from box "A", leave Question 15 blank and go directly to Question 16.<br /><br />Write the complete name of the major that is or was studied (in clear penmanship). Remember not to use periods or tildes.<br /><br />If the name of the orientation or major studied has more numbers of letters than available boxes:<br /><div class="i1">Eliminate articles and prepositions<br />Use only these abbreviations:</div><br /><div class="i2">"LIC" for Bachelor<br />"MS" for Masters<br />"DR" for Doctorate<br />"PROF" for Professor<br /><br /> [Example]: Degree in Communication sciences</div><br /><br />In the case that they have more than one major or specialty, for example law and sociology, write down the one what they answered in previous questions.<br /><br />Observe the age of the person being enumerated. If they are age 12 or older, go to Question 16.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's field of study [1-digit].
Universe
Uruguay 1996: Persons age 3+ who have ever attended secondary school, second cycle or higher [discrepancies: none]

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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