Census of the Population 1966 - IPUMS Subset

Fiji, 1966

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FJI_1966_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center

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Schooling (FJ1966A_0412)

Data file: FJI1966-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 109

End: 109

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

11. Education

For all persons aged 15 years or older
Years at school
____

Categories

Value	Category
0	No formal education
1	1 year
2	2 years
3	3 years
4	4 years
5	5 years
6	6 years
7	7 or more years
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

45. Column 1 1: Education: This question is to be asked only for persons aged 15 years or more than 15 years. For persons less than 15 years, draw a line diagonally across this column.
If a person aged 15 years or over has

(a) not attended school full-time at all after reaching the age of five, the answer should be "0";
(b) attended school full-time for at least one year, but for not more than six years after reaching the age of five you should write down " 1", or "2", or "3", or "4" or "5", or "6", as appropriate. Only completed years at school should be shown. The Fiji Correspondence School is regarded as a School for this purpose;
(c) attended school full-time for more than six years, after reaching the age of five the answer should be given as "6+".

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the number years of schooling a person has completed.

Universe

Persons age 15+

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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