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Housing and Population Census, 1980-81 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1981
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PAK_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Population Census Organization, IPUMS
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Highest educational level passed/completed (PK1981A_EDATTAN)

Data file: PAK1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 79
End: 80
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="PK81A407 PK81A408">[Questions 9-10 for persons 5 years and above.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a=" PK81A407" v="PK81A407 PK81A408">9. Can ____ read newspaper etc, and write a simple letter?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar v="PK81A408">[Question 10 was asked of persons who can read and write, per question 9.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PK81A408">10. If yes in column 9, what is his/her highest educational level passed/completed?<br /><div class="i1">[] 0 Primary<br />[] 1 Middle<br />[] 2 Matric<br />[] 3 Intermediate<br />[] 4 Certificate diploma/undergraduate<br />[] 5 B.A./B.Sc.<br />[] 6 M.A./M.Sc. and above<br />[] 7 BSc. and above (engineering)<br />[] 8 MBBS/BDS and above<br />[] 9 LLB and above<br />[] 10 Others</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
02 Primary
03 Middle
04 Matric
05 Intermediate
06 Diploma / certificate (under graduate)
07 BA / BSc
08 MA / MSCc and above
09 BSc and above (engineering)
10 MBBS / BDS and above
11 LLB and above
12 Others
98 Unknown
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 highest educational level completed by the person.
Universe
Pakistan 1981: Persons age 5+ who are literate [type I trace; type II trace]

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