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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1999
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TZA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Educational attainment (H_EDSUMM)

Data file: TZA1999-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 270
End: 270
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
15. What is the highest standard or form (NAME) has completed?

00 = NURSERY SCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN
01 = STANDARD 1
02 = STANDARD 2
03 = STANDARD 3
04 = STANDARD 4
05 = STANDARD 5
06 = STANDARD 6
07 = STANDARD 7
08 = STANDARD 8
09 = FORM 1
10 = FORM 2
11 = FORM 3
12 = FORM 4
13 = FORM 5
14 = FORM 6
15 = UNIVERSITY
96 = OTHER
98 = DOES NOT KNOW
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
6 Other
7 Don't know
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
EDSUMM (HV109) is a summary variable that reports the household member's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDSUMM is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

EDSUMM is constructed from information contained in EDLEVEL (HV106) and EDLEVYR (HV107).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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