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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 education level (MY2000A_EDLEV)

Data file: MYS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 217
End: 217
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="MY00A416">C16. What is the highest level of education attained/currently studying?<br /><div class="i1">[C16 is asked of persons who did not choose "4" and "5" in C15.]<br /><br />[] 1 Pre-school<br />[] 2 Primary school (Standard/Year 1 till 6)<br />[] 3 Lower secondary (Remove/Form 1 till 3)<br />[] 4 Upper secondary (Form 4 till 5, GCE O level)<br />[] 5 Vocational/Technical (Form 4 till 5)<br />[] 6 Trade and technical skills institution<br />[] 7 Post secondary (Form 6, GCE A level, Matriculation)<br />[] 8 Tertiary (Polytechnic/College/University)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 No schooling
1 Pre-school
2 Primary school (Standard / Year 1 till 6)
3 Lower secondary (Remove / Form 1 till 3)
4 Upper secondary (Form 4 till 5, GCE O Level)
5 Vocational /technical (Form 4 till 5)
6 Trade and technical skills institution
7 Post secondary (Form 6, GCE A Level, Matriculation)
8 Tertiary (Polytechnic / College / University)
9 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 education level the person attained or is attending.
Universe
Malaysia 2000: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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