Nepal Family Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 1996

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Reference ID

NPL_1996_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health [Nepal], New ERA, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Educational attainment (H_EDSUMM)

Data file: NPL1996-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 245

End: 245

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

EDUCATION IF AGED 6 YEARS OR OLDER:

8. Has (NAME) ever been to school?

YES 1
NO 2

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).

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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