Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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- ZAF2016_PHC-H-H
- ZAF2016_PHC-P-H
Highest level of education (ZA2016A_EDATTAIN)
Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
330
End:
331
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>
<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>
<p><span class="em">[3.7.5] Education </span>
<br />Now, I am going to ask you questions on education.</p>
<p>[3.7.5.7] What is the highest level of education that the respondent has successfully completed?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 98 No schooling<br />[] 0 Grade R/O<br />[] 1 Grade 1/Sub A/Class 1<br />[] 2 Grade 2/Sub B/Class 2<br />[] 3 Grade 3/Standard 1/ABET 1<br />[] 4 Grade 5/Standard 2<br />[] 5 Grade 5/Standard 3/ABET 2<br />[] 6 Grade 6/Standard 4<br />[] 7 Grade 7/Standard 5/ABET 3<br />[] 8 Grade 8/Standard 6/Form 1<br />[] 9 Grade 9/Standard 7/Form 2/ABET 4/Occupational certificate NQF level 1<br />[] 10 Grade 10/Standard 8/Form 3/NCV level 2/Occupational certificate NQF level 2<br />[] 11 Grade 11/Standard 9/Form 4/NCV level 3/Occupational certificate NQF level 3<br />[] 12 Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/Matric/NCV level 4/Occupational certificate NQF level 4<br />[] 13 NTC I/N1<br />[] 14 NTC II/N2<br />[] 15 NTC III/N3<br />[] 16 N4/NTC 4/Occupational certificate NQF level 5<br />[] 17 N5/NTC 5/Occupational certificate NQF level 5<br />[] 18 N6/NTC 6/Occupational certificate NQF level 5</div>
<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>
<p><span class="em">[3.7.5] Education </span>
<br />Now, I am going to ask you questions on education.</p>
<p>[3.7.5.7] What is the highest level of education that the respondent has successfully completed?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 98 No schooling<br />[] 0 Grade R/O<br />[] 1 Grade 1/Sub A/Class 1<br />[] 2 Grade 2/Sub B/Class 2<br />[] 3 Grade 3/Standard 1/ABET 1<br />[] 4 Grade 5/Standard 2<br />[] 5 Grade 5/Standard 3/ABET 2<br />[] 6 Grade 6/Standard 4<br />[] 7 Grade 7/Standard 5/ABET 3<br />[] 8 Grade 8/Standard 6/Form 1<br />[] 9 Grade 9/Standard 7/Form 2/ABET 4/Occupational certificate NQF level 1<br />[] 10 Grade 10/Standard 8/Form 3/NCV level 2/Occupational certificate NQF level 2<br />[] 11 Grade 11/Standard 9/Form 4/NCV level 3/Occupational certificate NQF level 3<br />[] 12 Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/Matric/NCV level 4/Occupational certificate NQF level 4<br />[] 13 NTC I/N1<br />[] 14 NTC II/N2<br />[] 15 NTC III/N3<br />[] 16 N4/NTC 4/Occupational certificate NQF level 5<br />[] 17 N5/NTC 5/Occupational certificate NQF level 5<br />[] 18 N6/NTC 6/Occupational certificate NQF level 5</div>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Grade 0 |
| 01 | Grade 1 or sub A or Class 1 |
| 02 | Grade 2 or sub B or Class 2 |
| 03 | Grade 3 or standard 1 or ABET 1 |
| 04 | Grade 4 or standard 2 |
| 05 | Grade 5 or standard 3 or ABET 2 |
| 06 | Grade 6 or standard 4 |
| 07 | Grade 7 or standard 5 or ABET 3 |
| 08 | Grade 8 or standard 6 or Form 1 |
| 09 | Grade 9 or standard 7 or Form 2 or ABET 4 or occupational certificate NQF Level 1 |
| 10 | Grade 10 or standard 8 or Form 3 or occupational certificate NQF Level 2 |
| 11 | Grade 11 or standard 9 or Form 4 or NCV level 3 or occupational certifificate NQF level 3 |
| 12 | Grade 12 or standard 10 or form 5 or matric or NCV level 4 or occupational certificate NQF level 4 |
| 13 | NTC I or N1 |
| 14 | NTCII or N2 |
| 15 | NTCIII or N3 |
| 16 | N4 or NTC 4 or occupational certificate NQF level 5 |
| 17 | N5 or NTC 5 or occupational certificate NQF level 5 |
| 18 | N6 or NTC 6 or occupational certificate NQF level 5 |
| 19 | Certificate with less than grade 12 or Std 10 |
| 20 | Diploma with less than grade 12 or Std 10 |
| 21 | Higher or national or advanced certificate with grade 12 or occupation certificate NQF |
| 22 | Diploma with grade 12 or standard 10 or occupational certificate NQF Level 6 |
| 23 | Higher diploma or occupational certificate NQF Level 7 |
| 24 | Post-higher diploma (master's, doctoral diploma) |
| 25 | Bachelor's degree or occupational certificate NQF Level 7 |
| 26 | Honours degree or post-graduate diploma or occupational certificate NQF Level 8 |
| 27 | Master's or professional master's at NQF level 9 degree |
| 28 | Ph.D. (doctoral degree or professional doctoral degree at NQF Level 10) |
| 29 | Other |
| 30 | No schooling |
| 99 | Unknown |
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 person's highest level of education.
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South Africa 2016: All persons
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