Second General Census of Population and Housing 1987 - IPUMS Subset
Cameroon, 1987
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CMR_1987_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan et de l'Amenagement du Territoire, Minnesota Population Center
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Educational grade within level (CM1987A_0414)
Data file: CMR1987-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
170
End:
172
Width:
3
Range:
21 - 999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Population of 3 years and older (born before April 1984).
[Questions 15-18 were asked of persons 3 years old or more.]
Education
Has [the respondent] ever attended school? If no, put a dash in columns P15, P16, and P17. If yes, put in column P15 the abbreviation that corresponds to the type of education, according to the instructions at the bottom of the page. In column P16 put the last class attended under the type of education and in column P17, the highest diploma obtained. Use the numbers at the bottom of the page.
P15. Type ____
P16. Class ____
P17. Diploma ____
P18. School attendance ____
Is [the respondent] currently attending courses, either in a regular school, full time or part time, in the day or in the evening? Circle the number corresponding to the appropriate abbreviation according to the instructions at the bottom of the page.
[Questions 15-18 were asked of persons 3 years old or more.]
Education
Has [the respondent] ever attended school? If no, put a dash in columns P15, P16, and P17. If yes, put in column P15 the abbreviation that corresponds to the type of education, according to the instructions at the bottom of the page. In column P16 put the last class attended under the type of education and in column P17, the highest diploma obtained. Use the numbers at the bottom of the page.
P15. Type ____
P16. Class ____
P17. Diploma ____
P18. School attendance ____
Is [the respondent] currently attending courses, either in a regular school, full time or part time, in the day or in the evening? Circle the number corresponding to the appropriate abbreviation according to the instructions at the bottom of the page.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 21 | Nursery school, class 1 |
| 22 | Nursery school, class 2 |
| 29 | Nursery school, class unknown |
| 31 | Koranic school, class 1 |
| 32 | Koranic school, class 2 |
| 33 | Koranic school, class 3 |
| 39 | Koranic school, class unknown |
| 40 | Primary (French), no label |
| 41 | Primary (French), grade 1 |
| 42 | Primary (French), grade 2 |
| 43 | Primary (French), grade 3 |
| 44 | Primary (French), grade 4 |
| 45 | Primary (French), grade 5 |
| 46 | Primary (French), grade 6 |
| 49 | Primary (French), grade unknown |
| 51 | Primary (English), grade 1 |
| 52 | Primary (English), grade 2 |
| 53 | Primary (English), grade 3 |
| 54 | Primary (English), grade 4 |
| 55 | Primary (English), grade 5 |
| 56 | Primary (English), grade 6 |
| 57 | Primary (English), grade 7 |
| 59 | Primary (English), grade unknown |
| 61 | Primary (other), grade 1 |
| 62 | Primary (other), grade 2 |
| 63 | Primary (other), grade 3 |
| 64 | Primary (other), grade 4 |
| 65 | Primary (other), grade 5 |
| 66 | Primary (other), grade 6 |
| 69 | Primary (other), grade unknown |
| 71 | Post-primary, grade 1 |
| 72 | Post-primary, grade 2 |
| 73 | Post-primary, grade 3 |
| 79 | Post-primary, grade unknown |
| 81 | Secondary (French), year 1 |
| 82 | Secondary (French), year 2 |
| 83 | Secondary (French), year 3 |
| 84 | Secondary (French), year 4 |
| 85 | Secondary (French), year 5 |
| 86 | Secondary (French), year 6 |
| 87 | Secondary (French), year 7 |
| 89 | Secondary (French), year unknown |
| 91 | Secondary (English), year 1 |
| 92 | Secondary (English), year 2 |
| 93 | Secondary (English), year 3 |
| 94 | Secondary (English), year 4 |
| 95 | Secondary (English), year 5 |
| 96 | Secondary (English), year 6 |
| 97 | Secondary (English), year 7 |
| 99 | Secondary (English), year unknown |
| 101 | General education secondary school (other), class 1 |
| 102 | General education secondary school (other), class 2 |
| 103 | General education secondary school (other), class 3 |
| 104 | General education secondary school (other), class 4 |
| 106 | General education secondary school (other), class 6 |
| 107 | General education secondary school (other), class 7 |
| 109 | General education secondary school (other), class unknown |
| 111 | Technical secondary education (French), year 1 |
| 112 | Technical secondary education (French), year 2 |
| 113 | Technical secondary education (French), year 3 |
| 114 | Technical secondary education (French), year 4 |
| 115 | Technical secondary education (French), year 5 |
| 116 | Technical secondary education (French), year 6 |
| 117 | Technical secondary education (French), year 7 |
| 119 | Technical secondary education (French), year unknown |
| 121 | Technical secondary education (English), year 1 |
| 122 | Technical secondary education (English), year 2 |
| 123 | Technical secondary education (English), year 3 |
| 124 | Technical secondary education (English), year 4 |
| 125 | Technical secondary education (English), year 5 |
| 126 | Technical secondary education (English), year 6 |
| 127 | Technical secondary education (English), year 7 |
| 129 | Technical secondary education (English), year unknown |
| 131 | Technical education, year 1 |
| 132 | Technical education, year 2 |
| 134 | Technical education, year 4 |
| 136 | Technical education, year 6 |
| 137 | Technical education, year 7 |
| 139 | Technical education, year unknown |
| 141 | Entry level training school CEPE, year 1 |
| 142 | Entry level training school CEPE, year 2 |
| 143 | Entry level training school CEPE, year 3 |
| 149 | Entry level training school CEPE, year unknown |
| 151 | Entry level training school BEPC, year 1 |
| 152 | Entry level training school BEPC, year 2 |
| 153 | Entry level training school BEPC, year 3 |
| 159 | Entry level training school BEPC, year unknown |
| 161 | Entry level training school probationary, year 1 |
| 162 | Entry level training school probationary, year 2 |
| 163 | Entry level training school probationary, year 3 |
| 169 | Entry level training school probationary, year unknown |
| 171 | Entry level training school, baccalaureate and above, year 1 |
| 172 | Entry level training school, baccalaureate and above, year 2 |
| 173 | Entry level training school, baccalaureate and above, year 3 |
| 174 | Entry level training school, baccalaureate and above, year 4 |
| 175 | Entry level training school, baccalaureate and above, year 5 |
| 176 | Entry level training school, baccalaureate and above, year 6 |
| 179 | Entry level training school, baccalaureate and above, year unknown |
| 181 | University, year 1 |
| 182 | University, year 2 |
| 183 | University, year 3 |
| 184 | University, year 4 |
| 185 | University, year 5 |
| 186 | University, year 6 |
| 187 | University, year 7 |
| 189 | University, year unknown |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
Columns P15 to P18: Population of 3 years and older (born before April 1984)
Note that these columns concern only persons aged 3 or more, in other words who were born before April 1984.
a) For children who are less than 3 years old, put a dash in columns P15, P16 and P17.
b) For persons aged 3 or more, ask if the person has been to school or not, If not put a dash in column 15, and then put a dash in columns P16 and P17.
If yes, proceed as follows:
Column P15: Type of Education
This is the type of school last attended by the person; write one of the following abbreviations:
MAT the person last attended (or is attending) a nursery school
COR the person last attended (or is attending) a koranic school;
PF the person last attended (or is attending) a francophone primary school
PE the person last attended (or is attending) an Anglophone primary school
POST the person last attended (or is attending) a post-primary school such as the rural handicraft center, domestic science center, etc.
GEF the person last attended (or is attending) a francophone general education secondary school
GEE the person last attended (or is attending) an Anglophone general education secondary school
TEF the person last attended (or is attending) a francophone technical secondary school
TEE the person last attended (or is attending) an Anglophone technical secondary school
EF1 the person last attended (or is attending) a training school with the admission level of FSLC or CEPE
EF2 the person last attended (or is attending) a training school with the admission level of BEPC or GCEOL
EF3 the person last attended- (or is attending) a training school with the admission level of 'probatoire'
EF4 the person last attended (or is attending) a training school with the admission level of the 'BAC', GCEAL or higher.
UNIV the person last attended (or is attending) the university.
N.B. For any school other than those listed above, state it clearly. To do so, if you use an abbreviation not in the list, make remarks on the meaning of the abbreviation.
Column P16: Class
This column concerns only persons for whom you have recorded an abbreviation in column P15.
The class you should write in column P16 is the one last attended by the person in the type of school registered for him in column P15.
To fill in this column, comply with the following instructions.
Case 1. You-have recorded one of the following types of schools for the person in column P15:
MAT (nursery school)
POST (post-primary school)
EF1 (training school with the admission level of CEPE or FSLC)
EF2 (training school with the admission level of BEPC or GCEOL)
EF3 (training school with the admission level of 'probatoire')
For such a person, you should record in column P16 the abbreviation corresponding to the last year spent in this type of school;
1st for the first year
2nd for the second year
3rd for the third year
4th for the fourth year.
Case 2: If, for a person, you have recorded in column P15: COR (Koranic school), you should write in column P16 one of the following symbols corresponding to the number of books studied by the person:
1L for 1 book
2L for 2 books
3L for 3 books and so on.
Case 3: If, for a person, you have written in column P15: PF (francophone primary school), you should write in column P16 the abbreviation corresponding to his class:
12e or SIL for 'cours d'initiation'
11e or CP for 'cours préparatoire'
10e or CE1 for 'cours élémentaire 1'
9e or CE2 for 'cours élémentaire 2'
8e or CM1 for 'cours moyen 1'
7e or CM2 for 'cours moyen 2'
Case 4: If, for a person, you have written in column Pl5: PE (Anglophone primary school), you should write in column P16 one of the following abbreviations corresponding to his class:
CL1 for class one
CL2 for class two
CL3 for class three
CL4 for class four
CL5 for class five
CL6 for class six
CL7 for class seven
Case 5: If, for a person, you have written in column P15: GEF (francophone general education secondary school), you should write in column P16 one of the following symbols corresponding to his class:
6è for 'sixième'
5è for 'cinquième'
4è for 'quatrième'
3è for 'troisième'
2de for 'seconde'
1ère for 'premième'
Tle for 'terminale'
Case 6: If, for a person, you have written in column P15: TEF (francophone technical school), you should write in column P16 one of the following symbols corresponding to his class:
1ère A for 'premième année'
2ème A for 'deuxième année'
3ème A for 'troisième année'
4ème A for 'quatrième année'
2de T for 'seconde technique'
1ère T for 'premième technique'
Tle T for 'terminale technique'
Case 7: If, for a person, you have written in column P15 one of the following types of schools: GEE (Anglophone technical secondary school), you should write for the person one of the following abbreviations corresponding to his class:
CL1 for class one (first year in high school)
CL2 for class two (second year in high school)
CL3 for class three (third year in high school)
CL4 for class four (fourth year in high school)
CL5 for class five (fifth year in high school)
CL6 or LW6 for lower 6th form (6th year in high school)
CL7 or UP6 for upper 6th form (7th year in high school)
Case 8: If, for a person, you have written in column P15 one of the following types of schools: EF4 (training school with admission level of 'BAC', GCE AL or higher) or UNIV (university), you should write the number of years completed after the 'baccalauréat' or GCE AL ? excluding the years he repeated any class.
1 A for one year
2 A for two years, and so on.
Note that these columns concern only persons aged 3 or more, in other words who were born before April 1984.
a) For children who are less than 3 years old, put a dash in columns P15, P16 and P17.
b) For persons aged 3 or more, ask if the person has been to school or not, If not put a dash in column 15, and then put a dash in columns P16 and P17.
If yes, proceed as follows:
Column P15: Type of Education
This is the type of school last attended by the person; write one of the following abbreviations:
MAT the person last attended (or is attending) a nursery school
COR the person last attended (or is attending) a koranic school;
PF the person last attended (or is attending) a francophone primary school
PE the person last attended (or is attending) an Anglophone primary school
POST the person last attended (or is attending) a post-primary school such as the rural handicraft center, domestic science center, etc.
GEF the person last attended (or is attending) a francophone general education secondary school
GEE the person last attended (or is attending) an Anglophone general education secondary school
TEF the person last attended (or is attending) a francophone technical secondary school
TEE the person last attended (or is attending) an Anglophone technical secondary school
EF1 the person last attended (or is attending) a training school with the admission level of FSLC or CEPE
EF2 the person last attended (or is attending) a training school with the admission level of BEPC or GCEOL
EF3 the person last attended- (or is attending) a training school with the admission level of 'probatoire'
EF4 the person last attended (or is attending) a training school with the admission level of the 'BAC', GCEAL or higher.
UNIV the person last attended (or is attending) the university.
N.B. For any school other than those listed above, state it clearly. To do so, if you use an abbreviation not in the list, make remarks on the meaning of the abbreviation.
Column P16: Class
This column concerns only persons for whom you have recorded an abbreviation in column P15.
The class you should write in column P16 is the one last attended by the person in the type of school registered for him in column P15.
To fill in this column, comply with the following instructions.
Case 1. You-have recorded one of the following types of schools for the person in column P15:
MAT (nursery school)
POST (post-primary school)
EF1 (training school with the admission level of CEPE or FSLC)
EF2 (training school with the admission level of BEPC or GCEOL)
EF3 (training school with the admission level of 'probatoire')
For such a person, you should record in column P16 the abbreviation corresponding to the last year spent in this type of school;
1st for the first year
2nd for the second year
3rd for the third year
4th for the fourth year.
Case 2: If, for a person, you have recorded in column P15: COR (Koranic school), you should write in column P16 one of the following symbols corresponding to the number of books studied by the person:
1L for 1 book
2L for 2 books
3L for 3 books and so on.
Case 3: If, for a person, you have written in column P15: PF (francophone primary school), you should write in column P16 the abbreviation corresponding to his class:
12e or SIL for 'cours d'initiation'
11e or CP for 'cours préparatoire'
10e or CE1 for 'cours élémentaire 1'
9e or CE2 for 'cours élémentaire 2'
8e or CM1 for 'cours moyen 1'
7e or CM2 for 'cours moyen 2'
Case 4: If, for a person, you have written in column Pl5: PE (Anglophone primary school), you should write in column P16 one of the following abbreviations corresponding to his class:
CL1 for class one
CL2 for class two
CL3 for class three
CL4 for class four
CL5 for class five
CL6 for class six
CL7 for class seven
Case 5: If, for a person, you have written in column P15: GEF (francophone general education secondary school), you should write in column P16 one of the following symbols corresponding to his class:
6è for 'sixième'
5è for 'cinquième'
4è for 'quatrième'
3è for 'troisième'
2de for 'seconde'
1ère for 'premième'
Tle for 'terminale'
Case 6: If, for a person, you have written in column P15: TEF (francophone technical school), you should write in column P16 one of the following symbols corresponding to his class:
1ère A for 'premième année'
2ème A for 'deuxième année'
3ème A for 'troisième année'
4ème A for 'quatrième année'
2de T for 'seconde technique'
1ère T for 'premième technique'
Tle T for 'terminale technique'
Case 7: If, for a person, you have written in column P15 one of the following types of schools: GEE (Anglophone technical secondary school), you should write for the person one of the following abbreviations corresponding to his class:
CL1 for class one (first year in high school)
CL2 for class two (second year in high school)
CL3 for class three (third year in high school)
CL4 for class four (fourth year in high school)
CL5 for class five (fifth year in high school)
CL6 or LW6 for lower 6th form (6th year in high school)
CL7 or UP6 for upper 6th form (7th year in high school)
Case 8: If, for a person, you have written in column P15 one of the following types of schools: EF4 (training school with admission level of 'BAC', GCE AL or higher) or UNIV (university), you should write the number of years completed after the 'baccalauréat' or GCE AL ? excluding the years he repeated any class.
1 A for one year
2 A for two years, and so on.
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the education grade within each level last attended by each household member.
Universe
Persons age 3+ who ever attended school
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |