Socio-Economic Survey, Household Schedule 10: Employment and Unemployment, July, 1987-June, 1988 - IPUMS Subset
India, 1988
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Reference ID
IND_1987_ES_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Sample Survey Organization, Government of India, IPUMS
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- Data files
- IND1987_LFS--H-H.dat
- IND1987_LFS--P-H.dat
General education (IN1987A_GENEDUC)
Data file: IND1987_LFS--P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
160
End:
161
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="IN87A406" v="IN87A406 IN87A408">7. Educational standard: general<br /><div class="i1">[] 0 Not literate<br />[] 1 Literate without formal schooling<br />[] 2 Literate but below primary<br />[] 3 Primary<br />[] 4 Middle<br />[] 5 Secondary<br /><br />Graduate and above in:</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 6 Agriculture<br />[] 7 Engineering/technology<br />[] 8 Medicine<br />[] 9 Other subjects</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Not literate |
| 01 | Literate without formal schooling |
| 02 | Literate but below primary |
| 03 | Primary |
| 04 | Middle |
| 05 | Secondary |
| 06 | Graduate or above in agriculture |
| 07 | Graduate or above in engineering or technology |
| 08 | Graduate or above in medicine |
| 09 | Graduate or above in other subjects |
| 99 | Unknown |
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="IN87A406 IN87A407" v="IN87A406 IN87A407 IN87A408">5.4.8 <span class="em">Columns (7) and (8): Educational standard</span>: Information regarding the general and technical education attained by the normal members of the household listed in column (1) will be recorded in columns (7) and (8) respectively in terms of the specified code numbers. For the purpose of making entries in those columns, only the course successfully completed will be considered. For instance, for a person who has studies up to say, first year B.A., his educational attainment will be considered only secondary (code number 5). Also, for a person who has studies up to 12th standard but has not set for the final examination or has failed or even passed in the examination, his educational attainment will be considered "secondary" only. The relevant codes to be used for recording entries in these two columns are:<br /><br />General education [column (7)]<br /><div class="i1">Not literate 0<br />Literate without formal schooling 1<br />Literate but below primary 2<br />Primary 3<br />Middle 4<br />Secondary 5<br /><br />Graduate and above in:<br />Agriculture 6<br />Engineering/technology 7<br />Medicine 8<br />Other subject 9<br /><br />Technical education [column (8)]<br />No technical education 0<br />Additional diploma/certificate in:<br />Agriculture 1<br />Engineering/technology 2<br />Medicine 3<br />Crafts 4<br />Other subjects 5</div><br /><br />A person who can both read and write a simple message in at least one language is to be considered literate. Those who are not able to do so are to be considered not literate and will be assigned code 0. Those who are literate but never attended any school will be assigned code 1. Those who are by definition literate but are yet to pass primary standard examination will get code 2. Similarly code 3, 4 and 5 will indicate the successive higher standard of examinations passed. Matriculation, School Final, Pre-University, Higher Secondary and Intermediate Examinations will come under Secondary (code 5). A degree holder will get one of the codes 6 to 9 depending on the subject studied. For code 8, medical graduates belonging to school of medicine other than allopathic, e.g., homeopathic, ayurvedic, etc., are also to be taken into consideration. Code 6 will also include graduates in 'forestry', 'fishery science', etc. If more than one of the codes 6 to 9 are relevant for a person the following procedure will be adopted.<br /><div class="i1">i. When code 9 as well as one of the codes 6 to 8 are relevant code 9 will not be considered.<br /><br />ii. When more than one of the codes 6 to 8 are relevant, the code indicating the degree last obtained will be considered.</div><br /><br />Persons who have attained proficiency in original languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Persian, etc.) through formal but not the general type of education will be classified appropriately at the equivalent level of general education standard.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicate the person's general education.
Universe
India 1987: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |