VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 1981

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Reference ID

DOM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS

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Highest level attending or attended (DO1981A_EDLEVEL)

Data file: DOM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 266

End: 266

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

43. Do you currently attend or did you attend any establishment of regular schooling?</p>
<div class="i1">Currently attending</div><div class="i2">[] 1 Public<br />[] 2 Private<br />[] 3 Not attending but did attend<br />[] 4 Never attended<br />[] 9 Unknown</div><span class="em">Only for those who answered attending, or not attending but did attend, in question 43.</span> [Applies to questions 44 - 46]</p>

<p>44. What is the highest level that you studied or are studying?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Pre-primary<br />[] 2 Primary<br />[] 3 Intermediate<br />[] 4 High school<br />[] 5 Reformed secondary (media de la reforma)<br />[] 6 University<br />[] 9 Unknown</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Pre-primary
2	Primary
3	Intermediate
4	High School
5	Reformed secondary
6	University
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

Questions 44, 45, and 46 are only presented to those who answered that they are attending or that they are not attending but that they did attend in question 43.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p. 58]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 44: </span>What is the highest level studied?</p>

<p>The alternatives are read in the indicated order and the corresponding circle is filled in.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the person’s highest level of school attended or currently attending.

Universe

Dominican Republic 1981: Persons age 5+ who currently attend school or have attended school in the past [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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