Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2011

Reference ID

CMR_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Ministère de la Santé Publique [Cameroon] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Summary educational achievement (C_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: CMR2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 620

End: 620

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

106) What is the last class/year that you finished successfully at this level?

PRIMARY

LESS THAN ONE YEAR 0
CLASS ONE/SIL 1
CP/CPS/CLASS TWO 2
CE1/CLASS THREE 3
CE2/CLASS FOUR 4
STANDARD FOUR/CLASS FIVE 5
CM2/CLASS6/7 6

SECONDARY (1ST CYCLE)

LESS THAN ONE YEAR 0
6TH/1ST A.T./FORM 1 1
5TH/2ND A.T./FORM 2 2
4TH/3RD A.T./FORM 3 3
3RD/4TH A.T./FORM 4 4

SECONDARY (2ND CYCLE)

LESS THAN ONE YEAR 0
2ND GRADE OR T/FORM 5 1
1ST GRADE OR T/LOWER 6 2
FINAL GRADE OR T/UPPER 6 3

HIGHER

LESS THAN ONE YEAR 0
1ST YEAR 1
2ND YEAR 2
3RD YEAR 3
4TH+ YEAR 4

Value	Category
0	No education
1	Incomplete primary
2	Complete primary
3	Incomplete secondary
4	Complete secondary
5	Higher
8	Missing

Description

Definition

EDACHIEVER (V149) is a summary variable that reports the woman's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDACHIEVER is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

EDACHIEVER is constructed from information contained in EDUCLVL (V106) and YRSCHL (V107).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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