X Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 1991. - IPUMS Subset
Brazil, 1990
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BRA_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IPUMS
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- BRA1991_PHC-H-H.dat
- BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Course concluded (BR1991A_CRSCONCL)
Data file: BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
335
End:
336
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="BR91A440"><span class="h3">29. Type of the highest course passed</span><br /><div class="i1">____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | No course |
| 01 | Primary or elementary (general course) |
| 02 | Primary or elementary (special course) |
| 03 | Primary or elementary (agriculture) |
| 04 | Primary or elementary (administration) |
| 05 | Primary or elementary (industrial) |
| 06 | Primary or elementary (health) |
| 07 | Primary or elementary (military) |
| 08 | Primary or elementary (others) |
| 10 | General course - 1st level |
| 11 | Special course - 1st level |
| 12 | Agriculture - 1st level |
| 13 | Administration - 1st level |
| 14 | Accounting - 1st level |
| 15 | Other - 1st level - commercial |
| 16 | Electro-technical or electronics - 1st level |
| 17 | Mechanics - 1st level |
| 18 | Other - 1st level - industrial |
| 19 | Nursing - 1st level |
| 20 | Others - 1st level - health |
| 21 | Military - 1st level |
| 22 | Normal - 1st level |
| 23 | Others - 1st level |
| 24 | General course - 2nd level |
| 25 | Special course - 2nd level |
| 26 | Agriculture - 2nd level |
| 27 | Administration - 2nd level |
| 28 | Accounting - 2nd level |
| 29 | Statistics - 2nd level |
| 30 | Secretarial - 2nd level |
| 31 | Others - 2nd level - commercial |
| 32 | Drafting - 2nd level |
| 33 | Electro-technical or electronics - 2nd level |
| 34 | Mechanics - 2nd level |
| 35 | Chemistry - 2nd level |
| 36 | Others - 2nd level - industrial |
| 37 | Nursing - 2nd level |
| 38 | Clinical laboratory analyst - 2nd level |
| 39 | Others - 2nd level - health |
| 40 | Military - 2nd level |
| 41 | Normal - 2nd |
| 42 | Others - 2nd level |
| 43 | Biology (includes: biomedicine, biology, biological sciences and similar) |
| 44 | Physical education (includes: sports coach) |
| 45 | Nursing |
| 46 | Pharmaceutics (includes: biochemical pharmaceutics and similar) |
| 47 | Medicine |
| 48 | Dentistry |
| 49 | Others in biology (includes: nutrition, physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy) |
| 50 | Architecture and city planning |
| 51 | Exact sciences |
| 52 | Computing sciences (includes: data processing, systems engineering, and similar) |
| 53 | Civil engineering (includes: construction engineering, bridge engineering, road engineering, etc) |
| 54 | Electrical and electronic engineering (includes: electro-technical, telecommunications, communications, etc) |
| 55 | Mechanical engineering (includes: naval, aeronautic, metallurgical, automobile mechanics, etc) |
| 56 | Chemical engineering and industrial chemistry |
| 57 | Unclassified or undefined engineering |
| 58 | Statistics |
| 59 | Physics |
| 60 | Geology |
| 61 | Mathematics |
| 62 | Chemistry |
| 63 | Other in technology (except engineering) |
| 64 | Agronomy (includes: agricultural sciences, agricultural engineering, and forest engineering) |
| 65 | Veterinary medicine |
| 66 | Other agricultural (includes: surveying, fishing engineering, zootechnics, economic biology) |
| 67 | Administration (includes: secretarial, business administration, public administration) |
| 68 | Library science (includes: archiving) |
| 69 | Accounting and actuarial sciences |
| 70 | Economic sciences |
| 71 | Social sciences and studies (includes: sociology, political and social sciences, anthropology, etc) |
| 72 | Mass communication (includes: editing, journalism, radio and television, advertising, tourism) |
| 73 | Law (includes: international relations) |
| 74 | Philosophy |
| 75 | Geography |
| 76 | History |
| 77 | Education (includes: school administration, special education, educational orientation, teacher training) |
| 78 | Psychology |
| 79 | Social work |
| 80 | Theology |
| 81 | Other humanities (includes: museology, archeology) |
| 82 | Literature (includes: translator and interpreter) |
| 83 | Arts (includes: cinema, visual communication, dancing, the history of art, drawing, music, drama, etc) |
| 84 | National defense (military) |
| 85 | Other college/university level courses |
| 86 | Master's or doctor's - medicine |
| 87 | Master's or doctor's - other (biology) |
| 88 | Master's or doctor's - engineering |
| 89 | Master's or doctor's - others (technological sciences) |
| 90 | Master's or doctor's - agricultural sciences |
| 91 | Master's or doctor's - business administration |
| 92 | Master's or doctor's - economics, accounting, etc. |
| 93 | Master's or doctor's - law |
| 94 | Master's or doctor's - education |
| 95 | Master's or doctor's - others (humanities and social sciences) |
| 96 | Master's or doctor's - arts and letters |
| 97 | Master's or doctor's - (unspecified area) |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="BR91A440"><span class="h3">Question 29 - Class (<span class="lang">espécie</span>) of highest course passed/completed</span><br />Record the class (<span class="lang">espécie</span>) of the highest level course concluded with approval by the person being enumerated. The information should be complete and pursuant to the designation in effect at the time of its conclusion in order to enable characterization of the level, the class and specialization. For persons who have not concluded any course - None - should be recorded.<br /><span class="pg">[p. 70]</span><br />To record Master's degree or Doctor's degree, one must have received approval of the thesis or a corresponding diploma.<br />Examples of declaration: Primary school, 1st level, Junior high school (<span class="lang">Ginasial</span>), Scientific, Normal - 2nd level, Accounting, Nursing - 1st level, Nursing - 2nd level, Electronics Technician, Civil Engineering, Dentistry, Doctor's Degree in Mathematics, Master's Degree in Nuclear Physics, etc.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the type of highest class passed.
Universe
Brazil 1991: Persons age 10+ [Discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |