Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981

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BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Highest school level and grade passed (BW1981A_EDATTAIN)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 172

End: 173

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">(All Persons 5 years and over)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">11. What is the highest school grade that (the person) passed?</span><div class="i1">Primary</div><div class="i2">[] 11<br />[] 12<br />[] 13<br />[] 14<br />[] 15<br />[] 16<br />[] 17</div><div class="i1">Secondary</div><div class="i2">[] 21<br />[] 22<br />[] 23<br />[] 24<br />[] 25<br />[] 26</div><div class="i1">Tertiary</div><div class="i2">[] 31<br />[] 32<br />[] 33<br />[] 34<br />[] 35</div>

Categories

Value	Category
11	Primary school Standard 1
12	Primary school Standard 2
13	Primary school Standard 3
14	Primary school Standard 4
15	Primary school Standard 5
16	Primary school Standard 6
17	Primary school Standard 7
21	Secondary school Form 1
22	Secondary school Form 2
23	Secondary school Form 3
24	Secondary school Form 4
25	Secondary school Form 5
26	Secondary school Form 6
31	University, year 1
32	University, year 2
33	University, year 3
34	University, year 4
35	University year 5 or more
98	Unknown
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 highest school level and grade the person has passed.

Universe

Botswana 1981: Present residents age 5+ who ever attended school [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 2.1%]

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