Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 2001
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Reference ID
ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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- ZAF2001_PHC-H-H.dat
- ZAF2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Field of education (ZA2001A_EDFIELD)
Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
272
End:
273
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar v="ZA01A442"><span class="h2">[Ask of] all persons with post-school qualifications</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ZA01A442">P-17a. Field of education (If categories 13-20 in P-17)<br /><div class="i1">_ _ In which field is (the person's) highest post-school qualification?<br />01 = Agriculture or Renewable Natural Resources<br />02 = Architecture or Environmental Design<br />03 = Arts, Visual or Performing<br />04 = Business, Commerce or Management Sciences<br />05 = Communication<br />06 = Computer Science or Data Processing<br />07 = Education, Training or Development<br />08 = Engineering or Engineering Technology<br />09 = Health Care or Health Sciences<br />10 = Home Economics<br />11 = Industrial Arts, Trades or Technology<br />12 = Languages, Linguistics or Literature<br />13 = Law<br />14 = Libraries or Museums<br />15 = Life Sciences or Physical Sciences<br />16 = Mathematical Sciences<br />17 = Military Sciences<br />18 = Philosophy, Religion or Theology<br />19 = Physical Education or Leisure<br />20 = Psychology<br />21 = Public Administration or Social Services<br />22 = Social Sciences or Social Studies<br />23 = Other (Specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="ZA01A442">P-17a. Field of education (If categories 13-20 in P-17)<br /><div class="i1">_ _ In which field is (the person's) highest post-school qualification?<br />01 = Agriculture or Renewable Natural Resources<br />02 = Architecture or Environmental Design<br />03 = Arts, Visual or Performing<br />04 = Business, Commerce or Management Sciences<br />05 = Communication<br />06 = Computer Science or Data Processing<br />07 = Education, Training or Development<br />08 = Engineering or Engineering Technology<br />09 = Health Care or Health Sciences<br />10 = Home Economics<br />11 = Industrial Arts, Trades or Technology<br />12 = Languages, Linguistics or Literature<br />13 = Law<br />14 = Libraries or Museums<br />15 = Life Sciences or Physical Sciences<br />16 = Mathematical Sciences<br />17 = Military Sciences<br />18 = Philosophy, Religion or Theology<br />19 = Physical Education or Leisure<br />20 = Psychology<br />21 = Public Administration or Social Services<br />22 = Social Sciences or Social Studies<br />23 = Other (Specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Agriculture or renewable energy resources |
| 02 | Architecture or environment design |
| 03 | Arts (visual or performing) |
| 04 | Business, commerce or management sciences |
| 05 | Communication |
| 06 | Computer science or data processing |
| 07 | Education, training or development |
| 08 | Engineering or engineering technology |
| 09 | Health care or health sciences |
| 10 | Home economics |
| 11 | Industrial arts, trades or technology |
| 12 | Languages, linguistics or literature |
| 13 | Law |
| 14 | Libraries or museums |
| 15 | Life sciences or physical sciences |
| 16 | Mathematical sciences |
| 17 | Military sciences |
| 18 | Philosophy, religion or theology |
| 19 | Physical education or leisure |
| 20 | Psychology |
| 21 | Public administration or social services |
| 22 | Social sciences or social studies |
| 23 | Other |
| 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="ZA01A442"><span class="em">Question P-17a -- Field of education</span><br />Ask for all persons with a post-school qualification.<br /><br />"In which field is (the person's) highest post-school qualification?"<br /><br />The respondent may not know have the exact qualifications of some members of the household. You may have to probe to decide on a field of study.<br /><br />You can show the prompt card at the back of the 09 book to the respondent so that s/he can look for the correct field. The prompt card is useful for this question because there are so many categories to read out and remember.<br /><br />If the person wants to indicate more than one field of study, ask him or her to indicate the field in which he or she has the highest level of education. If he or she has several fields of the same level, ask him or her to choose the field that is most related to his or her work (now or previously).<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the person's field of education.
Universe
South Africa 2001: Persons age 5+ with at least a certificate or diploma with less than Grade 12 [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |