General Household Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset
Nigeria, 2009
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Reference ID
NGA_2008_GHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, Minnesota Population Center
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- NGA2008-H-H
- NGA2008-P-H
Years of schooling (YRSCHOOL)
Data file: NGA2008-P-H
Overview
Valid:
0
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
92
End:
93
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | None or pre-school |
| 1 | 1 year |
| 2 | 2 years |
| 3 | 3 years |
| 4 | 4 years |
| 5 | 5 years |
| 6 | 6 years |
| 7 | 7 years |
| 8 | 8 years |
| 9 | 9 years |
| 10 | 10 years |
| 11 | 11 years |
| 12 | 12 years |
| 13 | 13 years |
| 14 | 14 years |
| 15 | 15 years |
| 16 | 16 years |
| 17 | 17 years |
| 18 | 18 years or more |
| 90 | Not specified |
| 91 | Some primary |
| 92 | Some technical after primary |
| 93 | Some secondary |
| 94 | Some tertiary |
| 95 | Adult literacy |
| 96 | Special education |
| 97 | Response suppressed |
| 98 | Unknown/missing |
| 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
YRSCHOOL indicates the highest grade/level of schooling the person had completed, in years. Only formal schooling is counted. YRSCHOOL accounts for the number of years of study, regardless of the track or kind of study. Information on degree and/or technical track is available in EDATTAIN. Years of schooling for Israel, categorized into intervals, are given in YRSCHOOL2.
Users should pay close attention to the top-codes in each sample, as discussed in the comparability section.
Users should pay close attention to the top-codes in each sample, as discussed in the comparability section.
concept
Concept
| Name | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |