Population Census 1979 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1979

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KEN_1979_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning, Minnesota Population Center

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Educational attainment (KE1979A_0407)

Data file: KEN1979-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 127

End: 128

Width: 2

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For all persons

[If the person has been to school or is at school]

i. Education: ____

What was/is the highest class or form reached?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Standard 1
2	Standard 2
3	Standard 3
4	Standard 4
5	Standard 5
6	Standard 6
7	Standard 7/8
11	Form 1
12	Form 2
13	Form 3
14	Form 4
15	Form 5
16	Form 6
17	University
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.

Interviewer instructions

113. If the person has been to school or is at school, ask,
'What was or is the highest class or form he or she has reached?'

114. Enter, in column (h), the highest class or form the person has reached in the formal primary and secondary school system.

115. You may shorten 'standard' and 'form' by writing 'St, 4', 'F3', or as the case may be. If the person has attended University, or is doing so, write 'univ'. The census is not concerned with other post-secondary or vocational training, nor is it concerned with educational qualifications.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the individual's educational attainment.

Universe

Persons age 5+ who attended school

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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