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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 2000
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MYS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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Highest certificate/diploma/certificate obtained (MY2000A_DEGREE)

Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 218
End: 219
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Question C17 - C29 for person aged 10 years and above</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY00A417">C17. What is the highest certificate/diploma/degree you have attained?<br /><div class="i1">[] 01 None (Go to C20)<br />[] 02 PMR/ SRP/ LCE (Go to C20)<br />[] 03 SPM/ MCE/ SC/ GCE O level (Go to C20)<br />[] 04 STPM/ HSC/ STA/ 4 Thanawi/GCE A level (Go to C20)<br />[] 05 SPVM/ SPM(V)/ MCVE (Go to C19)<br />[] 06 Certificate/ Diploma in trade or technical skills<br />[] 07 Certificate (Polytechnic/ College)<br />[] 08 Diploma (Polytechnic/ College)<br />[] 09 Degree/ Advanced Diploma<br />[] 10 Post-graduate certificate/ diploma<br />[] 11 Post-graduate degree</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 NIU (not in universe)
01 None
02 PMR / SRP / LCE
03 SPM / MCE / SC / GCE O Level
04 STPM / HSC / STA / 4 Thanawi / GCE A level
05 SPVM / SPM (V) / MCVE
06 Certificate / Diploma in trade or technical skills
07 Certificate (Polytechnic / College)
08 Diploma (Polytechnic / College)
09 Degree / Advanced diploma
10 Post-graduate certificate / Diploma
11 Post-graduate degree
99 Unknown
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 certificate, diploma or degree the person obtained.
Universe
Malaysia 2000: Persons age 10+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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