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1974 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Liberia, 1974
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LBR_1974_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, IPUMS
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Highest degree completed (LR1974A_EDATTAN)

Data file: LBR1974_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 120
End: 121
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Ask all persons over the age of five years</span></p>

<p><span class="em">12. Highest grade completed</span>
<br />What was the highest grade completed? ___________
<br />If none enter "00"
Categories
Value Category
00 None
01 Primary, 1 year
02 Primary, 2 years
03 Primary, 3 years
04 Primary, 4 years
05 Primary, 5 years
06 Primary, 6 years
07 Primary, 7 years
08 Primary, 8 years
09 High school, 1 year
10 High school, 2 years
11 High school, 3 years
12 High school, 4 years
13 College, 1 year
14 College, 2 years
15 College, 3 years
16 College, 4 years
17 College, 5 years
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates person's highest grade completed.
Universe
Liberia 1974: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies type I: none type II: 67.6%]

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