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5th Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

South Sudan, 2008
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SSD_2008_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Evaluation and Statistics, IPUMS
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Education attainment (SS2008A_EDATTAIN)

Data file: SSD2008_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 226
End: 227
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="SS08A430 SS08A431 SS08A432 SS08A433 SS08A530 SS08A531 SS08A532 SS08A533"><span class="em">Education status</span><br />[Questions 15 - 18: Persons age 6 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="SS08A433 SS08A533">18. What is the highest level [the respondent] completed?<br /><div class="i1">[Q18 is asked of persons age 6 or older who are currently attending school or have attended school, as per Q16.]<br />[] 1 No qualification (previously)<br />[] 2 Incomplete primary (currently)<br />[] 3 Primary 4<br />[] 4 Primary 6<br />[] 5 Primary 8<br />[] 6 Junior 3<br />[] 7 Junior 4<br />[] 8 Secondary 3<br />[] 9 Secondary 4<br />[] 10 Secondary 5<br />[] 11 Secondary 6<br />[] 12 Postsecondary diploma<br />[] 13 University first degree<br />[] 14 Postgraduate diploma<br />[] 15 Master's degree<br />[] 16 Ph.D. degree<br />[] 17 <span class="lang">Khawa</span></div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 No qualification
02 Incomplete primary
03 Primary 4
04 Primary 6
05 Primary 8
06 Junior 3
07 Junior 4
08 Secondary 3
09 Secondary 4
10 Secondary 5
11 Secondary 6
12 Post-secondary diploma
13 University first degree
14 Post-graduate diploma
15 Masters degree
16 PhD degree
17 Khalwa
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 level of educational attainment.
Universe
South Sudan 2008: Persons who ever attended school [discrepancies: none]

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