1999 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset
Vietnam, 1999
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VNM_1999_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Bureau of The Central Steering Committee for the 1999 Population and Housing Census. General Statistics Office., IPUMS
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Education qualification, 4 digits (VN1999A_EDUCSUB4)
Data file: VNM1999_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
218
End:
221
Width:
4
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 |
|---|---|
| 1400 | Education science - NA level 2 |
| 1402 | Education science |
| 1404 | Teaching method |
| 1418 | Kindergarten pedagogy |
| 1422 | Pre-school pedagogy |
| 1424 | Primary pedagogy |
| 1430 | Technical pedagogy |
| 1436 | Music pedagogy |
| 1440 | Painting pedagogy |
| 1446 | Physical pedagogy |
| 1450 | Lower secondary pedagogy |
| 1456 | Upper secondary pedagogy |
| 1499 | Other education science and teacher training |
| 2100 | Theory and history of art - NA level 2 |
| 2108 | Fine art |
| 2110 | Sculpture art |
| 2112 | Industrial art |
| 2118 | Music |
| 2126 | Stage |
| 2128 | Cinema |
| 2130 | Circus dance |
| 2132 | Dance |
| 2140 | Public culture |
| 2146 | Sound and light art |
| 2148 | Picture technique |
| 2156 | Exploitation of radio and television |
| 2162 | Printing and pub |
| 2168 | Interior design |
| 2174 | Handicraft |
| 2199 | Other art |
| 2202 | Foreign language |
| 2208 | Vietnamese and V |
| 2216 | Chinese |
| 2220 | Linguistics |
| 2222 | History |
| 2234 | Philosophy |
| 2299 | Other humanities |
| 3100 | Economics - NA level 2 |
| 3102 | Economics |
| 3108 | Politics |
| 3110 | Building up Party and Government power |
| 3112 | International relation |
| 3118 | Regional studies and Culturology |
| 3134 | Sociology |
| 3152 | Womens studies |
| 3158 | Psychology |
| 3164 | Geography (excluded physiography) |
| 3199 | Other social and behavioral science |
| 3200 | Press - NAlevel2 |
| 3202 | Press |
| 3208 | Library science |
| 3214 | Preservation, conservation |
| 3220 | Archive |
| 3299 | Other press and information |
| 3400 | Business adminis - NA level 2 |
| 3401 | Business administration |
| 3407 | Marketing |
| 3413 | Trade |
| 3415 | Commerce |
| 3417 | Merchandise storage and exchange |
| 3423 | International business |
| 3435 | Finance |
| 3437 | Credit |
| 3441 | Banking |
| 3447 | Insurance |
| 3453 | Accountancy |
| 3459 | Management of public labour source |
| 3465 | Public Administration |
| 3477 | Secretarial science, office affair |
| 3499 | Other business management |
| 3801 | Law |
| 3807 | Investigation |
| 3899 | Other law |
| 4202 | Biology |
| 4208 | Biological technology |
| 4400 | Physique - NA level 2 |
| 4404 | Physique |
| 4410 | Mechanic |
| 4416 | Chemise |
| 4418 | Material science |
| 4422 | Earth science and geology |
| 4424 | Anthropology |
| 4432 | Atmospheric science and meteor |
| 4438 | Hydrography |
| 4499 | Other natural science |
| 4602 | Mathematics |
| 4608 | Applied mathematics |
| 4614 | Statistics |
| 4699 | Other mathematics and statistics |
| 4800 | Data processing, computer science - NA level 2 |
| 4808 | Data processing, computer science |
| 4899 | Other computer |
| 5200 | Technical drawing - NA level 2 |
| 5202 | Technical drawing |
| 5206 | Manufacturing, assembling machinery and mechanical equipment |
| 5208 | Repairing, exploiting machinery and mechanical equipment |
| 5212 | Computer engineering |
| 5216 | Processing metal material, material engineering |
| 5224 | Repairing accurate equipment |
| 5228 | Metallurgy |
| 5232 | Electrical engineering |
| 5234 | Operating electric transmitter |
| 5236 | Operating power-production plant |
| 5238 | Operating, repairing furnace and turbine |
| 5242 | Electronic engineering |
| 5246 | Telecommunication engineering |
| 5250 | Chemical engineering |
| 5252 | Producing basic chemical |
| 5254 | Producing fertility and anti-insect chemical |
| 5256 | Chemical-electric technology |
| 5258 | Operating chemical equipment |
| 5260 | Producing other |
| 5262 | Thermo-technique, energy technique |
| 5264 | Exploiting, maintaining machinery and transport mean |
| 5268 | Operating lifting-machinery |
| 5270 | Operating construct-machinery |
| 5272 | Geodesy and cartography engineering |
| 5276 | Surveying |
| 5278 | Geodesy and cartography engineering |
| 5282 | Assembling |
| 5286 | Diving |
| 5299 | Other engineering |
| 5302 | Mine engineering |
| 5308 | Petrol engineering |
| 5399 | Other mine and mining |
| 5400 | Processing food and beverage - NA level 2 |
| 5402 | Processing food and beverage |
| 5404 | Tobacco processing |
| 5408 | Manufacturing textile and garment |
| 5414 | Processing leather and shoemaking |
| 5420 | Manufacturing, processing material |
| 5422 | Wood processing |
| 5424 | Paper making |
| 5426 | Plastic-producing |
| 5428 | Producing ceramic, china, glass |
| 5430 | Producing construct material |
| 5499 | Other manufacturing and processing |
| 5802 | Architecture |
| 5808 | Domain planning |
| 5820 | Civil and industrial engineering |
| 5826 | Construction and construction engineering |
| 5899 | Other construction and architecture |
| 6202 | Agronomy |
| 6208 | Plant growing |
| 6214 | Botanical protection |
| 6220 | Silkworms |
| 6226 | Soil and water science |
| 6228 | Irrigation management |
| 6244 | Animal growing |
| 6250 | Forestal creature |
| 6252 | Exploiting, preserving forestal product |
| 6256 | Aquatic product |
| 6258 | Growing aquatic product |
| 6260 | Exploiting aquatic product |
| 6299 | Other agriculture, forestry and fishery |
| 6402 | Veterinary |
| 6408 | Veterinary medicine |
| 7202 | Medical technician, medical assistant, nurse |
| 7208 | Traditional medical |
| 7214 | Public medical |
| 7220 | Pharmacist, prescription clerk |
| 7222 | Pharmacy technic |
| 7228 | Medical technique, medical testing |
| 7234 | Convalescence |
| 7236 | Midwife |
| 7238 | Medical orderly |
| 7242 | Odontology |
| 7299 | Other health |
| 7608 | Social affaire |
| 8104 | Hotel service |
| 8106 | Processing food and beverage |
| 8108 | Tourism |
| 8112 | Other personnel services |
| 8114 | Sport |
| 8199 | Other Hotel, tourism, sport and other personnel services |
| 8400 | Transport - NA level 2 |
| 8402 | Transport |
| 8408 | Shipping transport |
| 8412 | Ship operation |
| 8414 | Shipping safety |
| 8416 | Ship-engine operation |
| 8422 | Operating air-traffic machinery |
| 8424 | Operating aircraft |
| 8426 | Air traffic control |
| 8432 | Railway transport |
| 8436 | Railway-signal engineering |
| 8440 | Automobile driving |
| 8446 | Pipe transport |
| 8452 | Postal services |
| 8499 | Other transports |
| 8502 | Environment studies |
| 8508 | Environment engineering, public services |
| 8602 | Security |
| 8608 | Police |
| 8614 | Fire prevention and extinguish |
| 8618 | Protective service |
| 8620 | Military science |
| 8626 | Customs |
| 8699 | Other national security and defense |
| 9997 | Response suppressed |
| 9998 | Unknown |
| 9999 | 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 specialty of the person [4 digits].
Universe
Vietnam 1999: Persons with qualifications [discrepancies: none]
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |