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Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1993
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BFA_1993_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Summary educational achievement (W_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: BFA1993-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 429
End: 429
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
109. What is the highest grade you completed at that level?

GRADE _____

PRIMARY

0 LESS THAN ONE YEAR COMPLETED
1 CP1
2 CP2
3 CE1
4 CE2
5 CM1
6 CM2
8 DOESN'T KNOW

MIDDLE SCHOOL

0 LESS THAN ONE YEAR COMPLETED
1 6TH
2 5TH
3 4TH
4 3RD
8 DOESN'T KNOW

HIGH SCHOOL

0 LESS THAN ONE YEAR COMPLETED
1 2ND
2 1ST
3 FINAL
8 DOESN'T KNOW

POST-SECONDARY

0 LESS THAN ONE YEAR COMPLETED
1 ONE YEAR
2 TWO YEARS
3 THREE YEARS
4 FOUR YEARS
5 FIVE OR MORE YEARS
8 DOESN'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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