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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1992
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NER_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Statistique et des Comptes Nationaux, Direction Générale du Plan, Ministère des Finances et du Plan [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Summary educational achievement (W_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: NER1992-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 421
End: 421
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
109) What was the last grade you completed at this level?

GRADES FOR PRIMARY

INTRODUCTORY COURSE 1
PREPARATORY COURSE 2
ELEMENTARY COURSE 1 3
ELEMENTARY COURSE 2 4
MID-LEVEL COURSE 1 5
MID-LEVEL COURSE 2 6

GRADES FOR SECONDARY, FIRST CYCLE

6TH 1
5TH 2
4TH 3
3RD 4
DON'T KNOW 8

GRADES FOR SECONDARY, SECOND

2ND 1
1ST 2
FINAL YEAR 3
DON'T KNOW 8

GRADES FOR HIGHER LEVEL

FIRST YEAR 1
SECOND YEAR 2
THIRD YEAR 3
FOURTH YEAR AND HIGHER 4
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
8 Missing
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
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).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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