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General Census of Population and Housing, 1976 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1976
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CMR_1976_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Statistique et de la Compatabilité Nationale, IPUMS
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Educational attainment (CM1976A_EDATT)

Data file: CMR1976_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 212
End: 214
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="CM76A414 CM76A415 CM76A416 CM76A417 CM76A418 CM76A419 CM76A420 CM76A421 CM76A422 CM76A423 CM76A424"><span class="h3">Population 4 years old or older</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="CM76A414 CM76A415 CM76A427"><span class="em">Education</span><br />Have you ever been to school?<br /><div class="i1">If no, mark "No" in column 17 and draw a line in column 18. <br />If yes, mark in column 17 the abbreviation corresponding to the type of education based on the instructions on the bottom of the page. In column 18, mark the last grade they attended in this type of education.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="CM76A415 CM76A427"><span class="em">18) Grade</span><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
000 No schooling
010 Kindergarten
020 Koranic school, grade unknown
021 Koranic school, grade 1
022 Koranic school, grade 2
023 Koranic school, grade 3
024 Koranic school, grade 4
025 Koranic school, grade 5
026 Koranic school, grade 6
027 Koranic school, grade 7
030 Primary school, French-speaking, grade unknown
031 Primary school, French-speaking, grade 1
032 Primary school, French-speaking, grade 2
033 Primary school, French-speaking, grade 3
034 Primary school, French-speaking, grade 4
035 Primary school, French-speaking, grade 5
036 Primary school, French-speaking, grade 6
040 Primary school, English-speaking, grade unknown
041 Primary school, English-speaking, grade 1
042 Primary school, English-speaking, grade 2
043 Primary school, English-speaking, grade 3
044 Primary school, English-speaking, grade 4
045 Primary school, English-speaking, grade 5
046 Primary school, English-speaking, grade 6
047 Primary school, English-speaking, grade 7
050 Post primary, grade unknown
051 Post primary, grade 1
052 Post primary, grade 2
053 Post primary, grade 3
060 Old teacher's school, grade unknown
061 Old teacher's school, grade 1
062 Old teacher's school, grade 2
063 Old teacher's school, grade 3
064 Old teacher's school, grade 4
070 General high school, French-speaking, grade unknown
071 General high school, French-speaking, grade 1
072 General high school, French-speaking, grade 2
073 General high school, French-speaking, grade 3
074 General high school, French-speaking, grade 4
075 General high school, French-speaking, grade 5
076 General high school, French-speaking, grade 6
077 General high school, French-speaking, grade 7
080 General high school, English-speaking, grade unknown
081 General high school, English-speaking, grade 1
082 General high school, English-speaking, grade 2
083 General high school, English-speaking, grade 3
084 General high school, English-speaking, grade 4
085 General high school, English-speaking, grade 5
086 General high school, English-speaking, grade 6
087 General high school, English-speaking, grade 7
090 Technical high school, French-speaking, grade unknown
091 Technical high school, French-speaking, grade 1
092 Technical high school, French-speaking, grade 2
093 Technical high school, French-speaking, grade 3
094 Technical high school, French-speaking, grade 4
095 Technical high school, French-speaking, grade 5
096 Technical high school, French-speaking, grade 6
097 Technical high school, French-speaking, grade 7
100 Technical high school, English-speaking, grade unknown
101 Technical high school, English-speaking, grade 1
102 Technical high school, English-speaking, grade 2
103 Technical high school, English-speaking, grade 3
104 Technical high school, English-speaking, grade 4
105 Technical high school, English-speaking, grade 5
110 Teacher's school, grade unknown
111 Teacher's school, grade 1
112 Teacher's school, grade 2
113 Teacher's school, grade 3
114 Teacher's school, grade 4
115 Teacher's school, grade 5
120 Higher specialized education, grade unkown
121 Higher specialized education, grade 1
122 Higher specialized education, grade 2
123 Higher specialized education, grade 3
124 Higher specialized education, grade 4
125 Higher specialized education, grade 5
126 Higher specialized education, grade 6
127 Higher specialized education, grade 7
130 University, grade unknown
131 University, grade 1
132 University, grade 2
133 University, grade 3
134 University, grade 4
135 University, grade 5
136 University, grade 6
137 University, grade 7
998 Unknown
999 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 educational attainment.
Universe
Cameroon 1976: Persons age 4+ [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II 0.8%]

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