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Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2011
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BGD_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Educational attainment (BD2011A_EDATTAN)

Data file: BGD2011_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 130
End: 131
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BD11A408 BD11A409 BD11A410 BD11A411 BD11A412"><span class="em">For members age 7 years and above</span><br />[Questions 21-25 were asked for persons 7 years of age and older.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="BD11A408">21. Highest class passed (write class passed code) _ _<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="BD11A408">Q21. Highest class passed (year): a code list has been prepared on the basis of years required for a member for passing the highest class, by the board and university for awarding a degree or certificate and is printed on the back page of the tally sheet. Using this code list write appropriate code to the blank boxes for the highest class passed by each member of the household. If someone did not go to school, then the highest class passed code will be 0 0. If someone is ssc passed then highest class passed code will be 1 0. If someone has higher degree than masters then code will be 1 8.<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
00 No class passed
01 Class 1
02 Class 2
03 Class 3
04 Class 4
05 Class 5
06 Class 6
07 Class 7
08 Class 8
09 Class 9
10 Class SSC (secondary school certificate)
12 Class HSC (higher secondary certificate)
15 Graduation (general)
16 Graduation (honors)
18 Masters and higher
99 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
This variable indicates the educational attainment.
Universe
Bangladesh 2011: Persons age 7+ [discrepancies: none]

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