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Census of the Population of Ireland, 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 2016
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IRL_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Highest level of education completed (IE2016A_EDATTAIN)

Data file: IRL2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 189
End: 189
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
25. What is the highest level of education/training (full-time or part-time) which you have completed to date?</p>
<div class="i1">Mark one box only<br /><br />[] 1. No formal education/training <br />[] 2. Primary education</div><div class="i2">NFQ Levels 1 or 2<br />FETAC Level 1 or 2 Cert. or equivalent</div><div class="i1">[] 3. Lower Secondary</div><div class="i2">NFQ Level 3<br />Junior/Inter/Group Cert., FETAC Level 3 Cert., FÁS Introductory Skills, NCVA Foundation Cert. or equivalent</div><div class="i1">[] 4. Upper Secondary</div><div class="i2">NFQ Levels 4 or 5<br />Leaving Cert. (including Applied and Vocational programmes) or equivalent</div><div class="i1">[] 5. Technical or Vocational</div><div class="i2">NFQ Levels 4 or 5<br />FETAC Level 4/5 Cert., NCVA Level 1/2, FÁS Specific Skills, Teagasc Cert. in Agriculture, CERT Craft Cert. or equivalent</div><div class="i1">[] 6. Advanced Certificate/Completed Apprenticeship</div><div class="i2">NFQ Level 6<br />FETAC Advanced Cert., NCVA Level 3, FÁS National Craft Cert., Teagasc Farming Cert., CERT Professional Cookery Cert. or equivalent</div><div class="i1">[] 7. Higher Certificate</div><div class="i2">NFQ Level 6<br />NCEA/HETAC National Cert. or equivalent</div><div class="i1">[] 8. Ordinary Bachelor Degree or National Diploma</div><div class="i2">NFQ Level 7</div><div class="i1">[] 9. Honours Bachelor Degree/Professional qualification or both</div><div class="i2">NFQ Level 8</div><div class="i1">[] 10. Postgraduate Diploma or Degree</div><div class="i2">NFQ Level 9<br />Postgraduate Diploma, Masters Degree or equivalent</div><div class="i1">[] 11. Doctorate (Ph.D) or higher</div><div class="i2">NFQ Level 10</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Primary (including no formal education)
2 Lower secondary
3 Upper secondary
4 Third level, non-degree
5 Third level, degree or higher
8 Unknown
9 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 level of education completed by the person.
Universe
Ireland 2016: Present persons age 15+ [discrepancies: type I 3.5%; type II none]

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