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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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Last level completed (BR1991A_YRSCHOO1)

Data file: BRA1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 332
End: 332
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BR91A437 BR91A438 BR91A439"><span class="em">For persons not attending school. (If attending school or never attended school, mark the 0 boxes)</span><br />[Applies to questions 27 - 28]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="BR91A438" v="BR91A438 BR91A439"><span class="h3">28. Last level passed</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 adult literacy course<br />[] 2 primary or elementary<br />[] 3 middle/junior school<br />[] 4 1st level<br />[] 5 2nd level<br />[] 6 senior high or middle school<br />[] 7 higher<br />[] 8 masters or doctorate<br />[] 0 none</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 None
1 Adult literary course
2 Primary or elementary school
3 Junior or middle school (first cycle)
4 Primary (Grades 1-8)
5 Secondary (Grades 9-11)
6 High school or middle school [Colegial ou médio 2o ciclo]
7 College/university
8 Master's or doctor's level
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
<svar a="all" v="BR91A437 BR91A438 BR91A439"><span class="h3">Question 27 and 28 - For persons who do not attend school</span><br />For persons who concluded or discontinued the course they were attending, mark, in Question 27, the last grade or year concluded in the highest level course and, in Question 28, the level of this course.<br />The criteria and concepts for entering the course that was concluded or interrupted are the same as those indicated for the courses attended, ministered in Questions 24 and 25. Consider recording master's degree or doctor's degree only when the person has earned the respective title or approval of thesis.<br />For persons who are attending or attended school and did not conclude the 1st grade of the First level [grades 1-8] or equivalent, mark - 0 - None - in Question 27 and Box 0 - None - in Question 28.<br />For persons who never attended school, mark Box 9 - Never attended - in Question 27 and 0 - None - in Question 28.<br />Only if the person is attending a course at the same level or on a level lower than one already concluded or interrupted, should there be, besides the information about the course they are attending (Questions 24, 25 and 26), information about the highest level <span class="pg">[p. 69]</span> course concluded or interrupted (Question 27 and 28).<br /><span class="em">Note - In CD 1.01, Questions 6 and 7 - Grade or Year, and Level of the Grade or Year passed.</span><br />If CD 1.02 is transcribed to CD 1.01, when the Head of the family or household is attending school (Questions 24 to 26), the grade or year to be recorded will be that prior to the one now being attended and for persons who never attended school (Question 27, Box 9), convert to Box 0 - None - in Question 6.<br />Example: 1) CD 1.02<br />Question 24 - 3rd grade or year<br />Question 25 - Second level [grades 9-11]<br />CD 1.01<br />Question 6 - 2nd grade or year<br />Question 7 - Second level [grades 9-11]<br />Example: 2) CD 1.02<br />Question 27 - Never attended<br />Question 28 - None<br />CD 1.01<br />Question 6 - None<br />Question 7 - None<br /><span class="em">The following questions will only be filled out for persons age 10 or over, that is, born before 1980.</span><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the last educational level completed.
Universe
Brazil 1991: Persons age 5+ [Discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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