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4th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2012
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RWA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Highest certificate or diploma (RW2012A_EDCERT)

Data file: RWA2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 243
End: 244
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section P: Characteristics of population </span></p>

<p>[Questions 16-19 were asked for residents aged 3 years or older.]</p>

<p>[Questions 18- 19 were asked only to respondents who have attended or are currently attending school.]</p>

<p>19. What is the highest certificate/degree the respondent obtained?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 None<br />[] 1 CE/FM<br />[] 2 EMA/ENTA<br />[] 3 A3/ D4/ D5<br />[] 4 A2/ D6/ D7<br />[] 5 A1: Bacc/ Diploma<br />[] 6 A0: Bachelor<br />[] 7 MA: Master<br />[] 8 PhD: Doctorate</div>
Categories
Value Category
00 None
01 Three years of post-primary education (CE/FM)
02 Completed 2 (EMA) or 5 years (ENTA) of secondary education
03 Completed 3, 4, or 5 years of secondary school (A3, D4, D5)
04 Completed 6 or 7 years of secondary school (A2,D6, or D7)
05 A1 Baccalaureate or diploma
06 A0 Bachelor
07 Master (MA)
08 Doctorate (PhD)
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's highest certificate or diploma attained.
Universe
Rwanda 2012: Persons age 3+ who attended or are attending school [discrepancies: none]

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