1999 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Vietnam, 1999
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Reference ID
VNM_1999_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1999 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS
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- VNM1999_PHC-H-H.dat
- VNM1999_PHC-P-H.dat
Education qualification, 2 digit (VN1999A_EDUCSUB2)
Data file: VNM1999_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="VN99A422 VN99A423 VN99A424 VN99A425 VN99A426 VN99A427 VN99A428 VN99A429 VN99A430 VN99A431 VN99A432 VN99A433"><span class="em">Persons born before 4/1986 (13 years old or over) answer the following questions:</span><br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="VN99A423 VN99A424">14. What field of study has (Name) completed with the highest degree?<br /><div class="i1">____<br />____<br />____<br /><br />(Specify)<br />_ _ _ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="VN99A423 VN99A424">14. What field of study has (Name) completed with the highest degree?<br /><div class="i1">____<br />____<br />____<br /><br />(Specify)<br />_ _ _ _ _ _</div><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 14 | Education science and teacher training |
| 21 | Fine and applied art |
| 22 | Humanities |
| 31 | Social and behavioral science |
| 32 | Press and information |
| 34 | Business and management |
| 38 | Law |
| 42 | Life science |
| 44 | Natural science |
| 46 | Mathematics and statistics |
| 48 | Computer |
| 52 | Engineering |
| 53 | Mine and mining |
| 54 | Manufacturing and processing |
| 58 | Construction and architecture |
| 62 | Agriculture, forestry and fishery |
| 64 | Veterinary |
| 72 | Health |
| 76 | Social affaire |
| 81 | Hotel, tourism, sport and other personnel services |
| 84 | Transport |
| 85 | Environment and environment protection |
| 86 | National security and defense |
| 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 v="VN99A422 VN99A423 VN99A424 VN99A425 VN99A426 VN99A427 VN99A428 VN99A429 VN99A430 VN99A431 VN99A432 VN99A433"><span class="em">Questions 13 to 18: Only ask persons who were born before April, 1986 (aged 13 years and older) </span>(Persons who were born in 1986 and do not have month of birth in question 4 should also answer these questions).<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="VN99A423 VN99A424"><span class="em">Question 14:</span> What field of study has (name) completed with the highest degree?<br /><br />This question is only asked among those who have code "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", or "8" in question 13.<br /><br />Field of study which a person has completed is the field of study listed in his/her certificate and reported in question 13.<br /><br />Note: if a person has various certificates at the same level of education, interviewers record his/her field of study for the current job. In a case that person doesn't work on any of his/her field of study in school, interviewers record his/her most likeable field of study or field of occupation that person worked before being retired (if a retired person), or field of occupation that s/he worked before quitting these trained field of study.<br /><br />Those who have not had formal technical/professional training and receive official technical/professional certificate of their skill level from local authorities can claim their "field of study" as the field of occupation in which they receive official certificate of skill level.<br /></svar>
<p><svar a="all" v="VN99A423 VN99A424"><span class="em">Question 14:</span> What field of study has (name) completed with the highest degree?<br /><br />This question is only asked among those who have code "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", or "8" in question 13.<br /><br />Field of study which a person has completed is the field of study listed in his/her certificate and reported in question 13.<br /><br />Note: if a person has various certificates at the same level of education, interviewers record his/her field of study for the current job. In a case that person doesn't work on any of his/her field of study in school, interviewers record his/her most likeable field of study or field of occupation that person worked before being retired (if a retired person), or field of occupation that s/he worked before quitting these trained field of study.<br /><br />Those who have not had formal technical/professional training and receive official technical/professional certificate of their skill level from local authorities can claim their "field of study" as the field of occupation in which they receive official certificate of skill level.<br /></svar>
Description
Definition
This variable indicates the educational speciality of the person [2 digits].
Universe
Vietnam 1999: Persons with qualifications [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |