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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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  • MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Level of vocational or technical training (MU1990A_EDLEVVOC)

Data file: MUS1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 259
End: 259
Width: 1
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>23 Vocational/technical training</p>
<div class="i1">(b) Highest certificate ____</div><div class="i2">Insert the highest degree, certificate, or diploma received and the major field of vocational or technical training.<br />Write 'none' if person has no degree, certificate or diploma in vocational or technical training.</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Elementary level
2 Preliminary level
3 Lower intermediate level
4 Higher intermediate level
8 Unknown level
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.
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 23b</span>
<br /><span class="h3">Highest vocational or technical qualification</span>
<br />Insert the highest vocational or technical degree, certificate, or diploma received by the person and the major field of study covered.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[Next Page]</span><div class="i1">If the person has more than one vocational or technical qualification and you have difficulty in deciding which is the highest, insert the one which was obtained most recently.<br />If the person has followed a technical or vocational course which does not lead to a certificate, insert only the field of study.<br />If the person has not received any technical or vocational training, write 'none'.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's highest level of vocational or technical training.
Universe
Mauritius 1990: Persons age 12+ with vocational education [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.3%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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