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Demographic and Health Survey 2011-12 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2011 - 2012
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BEN_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Développement, de l’Analyse Économique et de la Prospective, Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) [Bénin] and IFC International., Minnesota Population Center
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Educational level during current school year (H_EDLEVELNOW)

Data file: BEN2011-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 388
End: 388
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
19) During this/that school year, what level and grade (is/was) (NAME) attending?
SEE CODES BELOW.

LEVEL ____

PRIMARY 1
SECONDARY 1 2
SECONDARY 3 3
HIGHER 4
PRE-PRIMARY/NURSERY SCHOOL 5
INFORMAL PROGRAM 6
DON'T KNOW 8

GRADE ____

DON'T KNOW 98
Categories
Value Category
0 No education/preschool
1 Primary
2 Secondary
3 Higher
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 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
EDLEVELNOW (HV122) reports the level of school the household member attended during the current school year. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDUCLVL is a standardized variable reporting level of education in four broad categories: No education/preschool, Primary, Secondary, and Higher.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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