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1990 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 1990
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MUS_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS
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Field of highest qualification in tertiary education (1-digit) (MU1990A_EDFIELDTER)

Data file: MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 254
End: 255
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
In strict confidence
<br />Ministry of Economic Planning and Development
<br />Central Statistical Office
<br /><span class="h1"><br />Population Census<br />Mauritius<br /></span>
<br /><span class="em">Night of 1-2 July 1990</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For persons aged 12 years and over:</span></p>

<p>22 Tertiary education</p>
<div class="i1">(b) Highest qualification ____</div><div class="i2">Insert the highest post-secondary degree, certificate or diploma received by the person and the major field of study.<br />Write 'none' if person does not have a post-secondary degree, certificate or diploma.</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Education science and teacher training
02 Fine and applied arts, religion and theology
03 Humanities
04 Social and behavioural sciences
05 Business administration and related fields
06 Law and iurisprudence
07 Natural sciences
08 Mathematics and computer science
09 Medical diagnostic and treatment
10 Engineering, architecture and town planning
11 Agriculture, forestry and fishery
97 Other degrees
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Stop at column 18 for children under 2 years of age<br />Note that columns 19-21 are for persons aged 2 years and over</span></p>

<p><span class="h2">Column 22b</span>
<br /><span class="h3">Highest post-secondary qualification</span>
<br />Insert the highest post-secondary degree, certificate or diploma received by the person, as well as the corresponding major field(s) of study.</p>

<p>If the person has more than one degree and you have difficulty in deciding which is the highest, insert the one which was obtained most recently.</p>

<p>If the person does not hold any post-secondary degree, certificate or diploma, write 'None', even if he/she has been to a university or other post-secondary Institution.</p>

<p>Write 'none' also for a person who is now following a post-secondary course but does not yet have a post-secondary degree, certificate or diploma; do not insert the name of the course he/she is following.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's highest qualification (1-digit) of tertiary education.
Universe
Mauritius 1990: Persons age 12+ with tertiary education [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.3%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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