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Population and Family Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2017 - 2018
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JOR_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics (DOS) [Jordan] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Summary educational achievement (B_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: JOR2017-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 542
End: 542
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
17) What is the highest level of school (NAME) has attended?
What is the highest grade (NAME) completed at that level?

LEVEL ____
GRADE____

LEVEL (OLD SYSTEM)

01 =OLD ELEMENTARY
02 = OLD PREPARATORY
03 = OLD SECONDARY
3 = HIGHER

LEVEL (NEW SYSTEM)

04 = NEW BASIC
05 = NEW SECONDARY
06 = INTERMEDIATE DIPLOMA
07 = BACHELOR
08 = HIGHER EDUCATION
98 = DON'T KNOW

GRADE

00 = LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED (USE '00' FOR Q.17 ONLY. THIS CODE IS NOT ALLOWED FOR Q.19.)
98 = DON'T KNOW
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
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
EDACHIEVER (V149) is a summary variable that reports the woman's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDACHIEVER is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

EDACHIEVER is constructed from information contained in EDUCLVL (V106) and YRSCHL (V107).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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