Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998

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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Man's summary educational achievement (M_EDACHIEVERMN)

Data file: NER1998-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 377

End: 377

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

9) EDUCATION: IF AGE 6 OR MORE: IF ATTENDED SCHOOL: What is the highest level of education attained by (NAME)?
What is the last class completed by (NAME) at this level?

LEVEL

PRIMARY 1
SECONDARY, FIRST CYCLE 2
SECONDARY, SECOND CYCLE 3
HIGHER 4
DON'T KNOW 8

CLASS: PRIMARY

CI 1
CP 2
CE1 3
CE2 4
CM1 5
CM2 6

CLASS: SECONDARY, FIRST CYCLE

6TH 1
5TH 2
4TH 3
3RD 4
DON'T KNOW 8

CLASS: SECONDARY, SECOND CYCLE LEVEL

2ND YEAR 1
1ST YEAR 2
FINAL YEAR 3
DON'T KNOW 8

CLASSES FOR HIGHER LEVEL

FIRST YEAR 1
SECOND YEAR 2
THIRD YEAR 3
FOURTH YEAR AND HIGHER 4
DON'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
0	No education
1	Incomplete primary
2	Complete primary
3	Incomplete secondary
4	Complete secondary
5	Higher
6	Other
8	Missing

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).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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