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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Educational level during current school year (H_EDLEVELNOW)

Data file: MWI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 374
End: 374
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

LEVEL

0 PRESCHOOL
1 PRIMARY
2 SECONDARY
3 HIGHER
8 DON'T KNOW

GRADE

00 LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED (USE '00' FOR QUESTION 17 ONLY. THIS CODE IS NOT ALLOWED FOR QUESTION 19)
98 DON'T KNOW
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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