Census of Population and Housing, 1983 - IPUMS Subset
Israel, 1983
Get Microdata
Reference ID
ISR_1983_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel, IPUMS
Metadata
Created on
Dec 22, 2014
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
12900
Downloads
464
- Data files
- ISR1983_PHC-H-H.dat
- ISR1983_PHC-P-H.dat
Last school and certificate (IL1983A_EDATTAN)
Data file: ISR1983_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
216
End:
217
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="IL83A412 IL83A413 IL83A414 IL83A415 IL83A416 IL83A417 IL83A418 IL83A419 IL83A420 IL83A421 IL83A422 IL83A423 IL83A424 IL83A425 IL83A426 IL83A427 IL83A428 IL83A433 IL83A429 IL83A430 IL83A431 IL83A432 IL83A434 IL83A435 IL83A436 IL83A437 IL83A438 IL83A439 IL83A440 IL83A444 IL83A449 IL83A450 IL83A451 IL83A452 IL83A453 IL83A454 IL83A455 IL83A456 IL83A441 IL83A442 IL83A443 IL83A445 IL83A457 IL83A458 IL83A459 IL83A447 IL83A448 IL83A060 IL83A061">[Questions 1-28 were asked of household members aged 15 years or older] <br /></svar></p>
<p><span class="h2">Education</span>
<br />[Question 8-12]</p>
<p><svar v="IL83A428 IL83A429 IL83A432 IL83A430 IL83A431">[Questions 9-12 are asked only of persons age 15+ who ever attended school, per question 8]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="IL83A429 IL83A432">10. What type of school did you last attend, or are you now attending?<br /><div class="i1">Circle and skip to 12 [all choices, except for choice 4]<br /><br />[] 1 Elementary school/<span class="lang">Cheder</span>/<span class="lang">Kutab</span><br />[] 2 Junior high school (between elementary school and high school)<br />[] 3 <span class="lang">Yehiva </span>(not including <span class="lang">Yeshiva </span>(high school))<br />[] 4 Vocational or agricultural high school (including <span class="lang">Yehiva</span>, high school -- vocational trend in comprehensive school, industrial school or school for apprentices) -- Circle and go to 11<br />[] 5 Academic high school (including academic <span class="lang">yeshiva</span>, high school or studies in comprehensive high school)<br />[] 6 Post-secondary teacher-training college and kindergarten teacher-training college<br />[] 7 Other post-secondary school (for registered nurses, for practical engineers, for other technicians, etc.)<br />[] 8 University, Technion<br />[] 9 Other school: ____</div><br /></svar>
<p><span class="h2">Education</span>
<br />[Question 8-12]</p>
<p><svar v="IL83A428 IL83A429 IL83A432 IL83A430 IL83A431">[Questions 9-12 are asked only of persons age 15+ who ever attended school, per question 8]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="IL83A429 IL83A432">10. What type of school did you last attend, or are you now attending?<br /><div class="i1">Circle and skip to 12 [all choices, except for choice 4]<br /><br />[] 1 Elementary school/<span class="lang">Cheder</span>/<span class="lang">Kutab</span><br />[] 2 Junior high school (between elementary school and high school)<br />[] 3 <span class="lang">Yehiva </span>(not including <span class="lang">Yeshiva </span>(high school))<br />[] 4 Vocational or agricultural high school (including <span class="lang">Yehiva</span>, high school -- vocational trend in comprehensive school, industrial school or school for apprentices) -- Circle and go to 11<br />[] 5 Academic high school (including academic <span class="lang">yeshiva</span>, high school or studies in comprehensive high school)<br />[] 6 Post-secondary teacher-training college and kindergarten teacher-training college<br />[] 7 Other post-secondary school (for registered nurses, for practical engineers, for other technicians, etc.)<br />[] 8 University, Technion<br />[] 9 Other school: ____</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 02 | Primary / intermediate school |
| 03 | Yeshiva (not secondary) |
| 04 | Vocational / agricultural school with Matriculation (bagrut) |
| 05 | Vocational / agricultural school with other secondary cert. |
| 06 | Vocational / agricultural school other classification |
| 07 | Vocational / agricultural school certificate unknown |
| 08 | Secondary school with Matriculation (bagrut) |
| 09 | Secondary school with other secondary certificate |
| 10 | Secondary school other classification |
| 11 | Secondary school certificate unknown |
| 12 | Teachers training college, post secondary academic certificate |
| 13 | Teachers training college, post secondary other classification |
| 14 | Teachers training college, post secondary certificate unknown |
| 15 | Other post secondary school, post secondary academic cert. |
| 16 | Other post secondary school, post secondary other classification |
| 17 | Other post secondary school, post secondary certificate unknown |
| 18 | University bachelors degree |
| 19 | University masters degree and above |
| 20 | University other classification |
| 21 | University certificate unknown |
| 22 | Other school |
| 23 | Type of last school unknown |
| 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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="IL83A429 IL83A432"><span class="em">12. Question 10 -- explanations: Type of school last attended</span><br /><br />[Instructions refer to a graphic of the census form including question 10.]<br /><br />In this question, specify the type of the last school the person attended, even if he/she hasn't completed his/her study in it.<br />If a person is still attending school, specify the type of school he/she is attending.<br /><br />Types of schools (as appearing in the questionnaire)<br /><div class="i1">A. Elementary school, Heder, Kutab: also including special-education school and Talmud torah (Torah studies for elementary school ages).<br />Kutab: religious school in Muslim countries.<br /><br />B. Junior high-school: school grades between elementary and high school.<br /><br />C. Yeshiva: including all kinds of Yeshivas, except for yeshiva high-school.<br /><br />D. Vocational/Agricultural high school: including vocational yeshiva-high school, vocational trend in comprehensive school, industrial school, school for apprentices, pre-military vocational courses and military boarding schools next to vocational schools.<br /><br />E. General high school: including yeshiva-general high school, general trend in comprehensive school, school preparing for external matriculation exams, kibbutz high school, and military boarding school next to a general high school.<br /><br />F. Post secondary teacher training college: including colleges for the training of art teachers. Does not include academic-teacher training in university.<br /><br />G. Other post-secondary school: post high-school schools issuing certificates such as authorized nurse, practical engineer etc. These schools do <span class="em">not issue academic degrees</span>. Also included in this category are nurse authorization schools, practical engineer and technician schools, art academy, social-workers school (not through university) etc.</div><br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 24]</span><br /><br /><div class="i1">H. University/<span class="lang">Technion</span>: including other institutes issuing academic degrees.<br /><br />Notice!<br />If a person answers that he/she attended college, post secondary school or Academy -- inquire whether his/her studies were towards an academic degree or a post-secondary certificate. In case of academic degree mark answer 8. In the case of post secondary certificate, mark answer 7.<br /><br />I. Other school: in this answer include any other kind of school according to the definition in question 8, which is not included in any of the previous answers. For example: pre-academic preparatory program, pre-practical engineering preparatory program, school for the elderly.<br />If a person attended school abroad and can not classify the type of school, he/she is entitled to write the type of school in foreign language, under this answer.<br /><br />Notice!<br />If a person is attending evening school, mark the most suitable type of school. For example, if attending an evening school preparing for external exams, mark number 5 (general high-school).</div><br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the last school and certificate of the person.
Universe
Israel 1983: Persons age 15+ who ever attended school [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |