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1990 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 1980
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TTO_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, IPUMS
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  • TTO1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Number of years of schooling at highest level (TT1990A_EDYEAR)

Data file: TTO1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 177
End: 177
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 3. Education--For all persons</span></p>

<p>14(b). How many years of schooling (at the highest level of educational attainment) did [the respondent] have?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 0 Less than a year<br />[] 1 1 year<br />[] 2 2 years<br />[] 3 3 years<br />[] 4 4 years<br />[] 5 5 years<br />[] 6 6 years<br />[] 7 7 years or more<br />[] 9 Not stated (NS)</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 Less than a year
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7+
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Section 3 - Education </span><div class="i1">These questions are to be answered for every individual. Whereas it is pointless to put all of these questions in respect of infants and very young and very young children, a response position must still be ticked in question 12[a] for every individual. Please note skip instructions in questions 12[a] and 14[a].</div><p>Question 14 [a] - Highest level of non-vocational educational attainment </p>
<div class="i1">The question relates to the highest standard of education attained by the respondent, [excluding vocational training which is taken up in Section 5, highest level of training] and must be obtained for all respondents-those still at school as well as those who have had some form of education whether "completed " or "on-going". In the case where the person was educated abroad, try to obtain the equivalent in the school system of Trinidad and Tobago and complete the answer. For those replying "Other" please specify, whilst for those not yet attending school tick box [8] Not Applicable. Note the skip instructions of boxes [1], [8] and [9].</div><p>Question 14 [b] - Years of formal schooling at highest level </p>
<div class="i1">Tick the appropriate box which indicates the number of completed years' schooling the individual had at the highest level indicated at Question 14 [a].</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's number of years of schooling at the highest level.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 1990: Persons who have completed some schooling [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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