Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 2011
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ZAF_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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- ZAF2011_PHC-H-H
- ZAF2011_PHC-P-H
Field of education (ZA2011A_EDFIELD)
Data file: ZAF2011_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
289
End:
290
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<span class="h2"> Section E: Education </span>
<br />Ask of all persons aged 5 years and older listed on the flap.</p>
<p><span class="h3"> P-21 Field of education</span>
<br />In which field is [(the person)'s] highest post-school qualification?
<br />Write the appropriate code in the box _ _</p>
<div class="i1">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 Sciences<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, Traders 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 /><span class="em"> Further education and training fields of education </span><br />23. Management<br />24. Marketing<br />25. Information Technology and Computer Science<br />26. Finance, Economics and Accounting<br />27. Office Administration<br />28. Electrical Infrastructure<br />29. Civil Engineering and Building<br />30. Engineering<br />31. Primary Agriculture<br />32. Hospitality<br />33. Tourism<br />34. Safety in society<br />35. Mechatronics<br />36. Education and Development<br />37. Other</div><span class="em"> Any response, go to P-23.</span>
<br />Ask of all persons aged 5 years and older listed on the flap.</p>
<p><span class="h3"> P-21 Field of education</span>
<br />In which field is [(the person)'s] highest post-school qualification?
<br />Write the appropriate code in the box _ _</p>
<div class="i1">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 Sciences<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, Traders 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 /><span class="em"> Further education and training fields of education </span><br />23. Management<br />24. Marketing<br />25. Information Technology and Computer Science<br />26. Finance, Economics and Accounting<br />27. Office Administration<br />28. Electrical Infrastructure<br />29. Civil Engineering and Building<br />30. Engineering<br />31. Primary Agriculture<br />32. Hospitality<br />33. Tourism<br />34. Safety in society<br />35. Mechatronics<br />36. Education and Development<br />37. Other</div><span class="em"> Any response, go to P-23.</span>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Agriculture or renewable natural resources |
| 02 | Architecture or environmental design |
| 03 | Arts, visual, or performing |
| 04 | Business, commerce, or management sciences |
| 05 | Communication |
| 06 | Computer sciences |
| 07 | Education, training, or development |
| 08 | Engineering or engineering technology |
| 09 | Health care or health sciences |
| 10 | Home economics |
| 11 | Industrial arts, traders 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 |
| 24 | Management |
| 25 | Marketing |
| 26 | Information technology and computer science |
| 27 | Finance, economics, and accounting |
| 28 | Office administration |
| 29 | Electrical infrastructure construction |
| 30 | Civil engineering and building construction |
| 31 | Engineering |
| 32 | Primary agriculture |
| 33 | Hospitality |
| 34 | Tourism |
| 35 | Safety in society |
| 36 | Mechatronics |
| 37 | Education and development |
| 38 | Other |
| 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 a person's field of education.
Universe
South Africa 2011: Persons 5+ in private households who had higher education qualifications [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept