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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006
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BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Man's summary educational achievement (M_EDACHIEVERMN)

Data file: BEN2006-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 498
End: 498
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
108) What is the highest level of school you attended: primary, secondary, or higher?

PRIMARY 1
SECONDARY 1 2
SECONDARY 2 3
HIGHER 4
OTHER 7
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
6 Other
8 Missing
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
EDACHIEVERMN (MV149) is a summary variable that reports the man's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDACHIEVERMN is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories:

No education,
Incomplete primary
Complete primary
Incomplete secondary
Complete secondary
Higher


EDACHIEVERMN is constructed from information contained in EDUCLVLMN (MV106) and YRSCHLMN (MV107).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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