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XI Recenseamento Geral do Brasil. Censo Demográfico 2000. - IPUMS Subset

Brazil, 2001
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BRA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Highest course attended, having concluded at least one year (BR2000A_COURSAT)

Data file: BRA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 337
End: 337
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="BR00A469 BR00A471 BR00A473 BR00A475 BR00A477"><span class="em">For person who is not attending, but has in the past</span><br />[Applies to questions 4.32 - 4.35]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="BR00A469" v="BR00A469 BR00A477"><span class="h3">4.32 The highest course attended, in which you completed at least one grade?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 adult literacy course<br />[] 2 former primary<br />[] 3 former junior high (<span class="lang">ginásio</span>)<br />[] 4 former classical, scientific, etc. [senior high school]<br />[] 5 elementary instruction or 1st level<br />[] 6 secondary instruction or 2nd level<br />[] 7 higher - undergraduate<br />[] 8 masters or doctorate<br />[] 9 none</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Adult literacy
2 Former primary
3 Former ginásio (junior high school)
4 Former classical, scientific, etc. (senior high school)
5 Elementary education or 1st level
6 Secondary education or 2nd level
7 Higher - under-graduate
8 Master's or doctor's degree
9 None
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 v="BR00A469 BR00A471 BR00A473 BR00A475 BR00A477">For persons who do not attend school now, but have attended in the past<br />[Applies to questions 4.32 - 4.35]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="BR00A469" v="BR00A469 BR00A477"><span class="h3">Question 4.32 (Sample) and 4.07 (Basic) - What is the highest course you have attended, in which you concluded at least one grade or year?</span><br /><br />Mark, as the case may be:<br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">1 - Adult literacy course</span> - a course which has the purpose of teaching reading and writing to youth and adults;<br /><span class="em">2 - Primary</span> - for the elementary course [grades 1-4];<br /><span class="em">3 - Former</span><span class="lang">ginásio</span> - for junior high school course [grades 5-8];<br /><span class="em">4 - Former clássico, científico, etc.</span> - for a senior high school course [grades 9-11];<br /><span class="em">5 - Elementary school or 1st level [grades 1-8]</span>;<br /><span class="em">6 - Senior high school [grades 9-11] or 2nd level [grades 9-11]</span>;<br /><span class="em">7 - Higher education</span> - undergraduate;<br /><span class="em">8 - Master's or doctorate</span> - A course for master's or doctor's degree. This item will only be marked if the person has received a diploma as a master or doctor, or had a thesis approved, even if the diploma has not yet been issued; and<br /><span class="em">9 - None</span> - for persons who:</div><br /><ul class="b2">
<li>attended but did not conclude the 1st grade of elementary school, first level, or equivalent;</li>

<li>attended or concluded only literacy class,</li>

<li>attended but did not conclude an adult literacy course; or</li>

<li>attended only day-care center</li>
</ul><br /><br />[Comment and examples were not translated into English]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the highest course attended, having concluded at least one year.
Universe
Brazil 2000: Persons not currently attending school, but had in the past [discrepancies: none]

concept

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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