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Population Census 2011 (cycle 2009-2013) - IPUMS Subset

France, 2009 - 2013
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FRA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques), IPUMS
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Highest degree obtained (FR2011A_DEGREE)

Data file: FRA2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 187
End: 188
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Individual form</span></p>

<p><span class="h3">6) The following portion of the questionnaire is for individuals age 14 or older.</span></p>

<p><span class="em">9) What diplomas do you have?</span><div class="i1">[ ] 01 You never went to school<br />[ ] 02 No diploma, but educated until primary or middle school<br />[ ] 03 No diploma but educated past middle school<br />[ ] 11 CEP (Primary education certificate)<br />[ ] 12 BEPC, France, general certificate of secondary education<br />[ ] 13 CAP, vocational training qualification<br />[ ] 14 BEP<br />[ ] 15 General baccalaureate<br />[ ] 16 Technical or professional baccalaureate, Professional or technical certificate, BEA, BEC, BEI, BEH, basic legal qualification<br />[ ] 17 1st cycle university diploma, BTS, DUT, social or health professions diploma, nursing<br />[ ] 18 2nd or 3rd cycle university diploma (including medical, pharmacy, dental), engineering diploma, <span class="ital">grande école</span>, doctorate, etc.</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 No education
02 No diploma but attended primary or middle school school
03 No diploma but attended school beyond middle school
11 Certificate of primary studies
12 General certificate of secondary education, elementary certificate, middle-school certificate
13 Vocational training qualification, traveler's certificate
14 Certificate of professional studies
15 General baccalaureate, higher certificate
16 Technical or professional baccalaureate, Professional or technical certificate BEC, BEI, BEH, basic legal qualification
17 First-level university degree; advanced technician's diploma; technical diploma from a university technology institute; social or health sciences degree, nursing, etc.
18 Advanced university degrees (including medicine, pharmacy and dentistry), engineering degree, degree from a highly-competitive university, doctorate, etc.
99 NIU (not in unvierse)
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 educational degree obtained by the person.
Universe
France 2011: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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