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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Partner's educational level (B_HUSEDLVL)

Data file: GHA2008-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 583
End: 583
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
804. What was the highest level of school he attended: primary, middle/JSS, secondary/SSS, or higher?

PRIMARY 1
MIDDLE/JSS 2
SECONDARY/SSS 3
HIGHER 4
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 806)
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Primary
2 Secondary
3 Higher
4 Other
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 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
For women who had ever been married or lived with a man, HUSEDLVL (V701) reports the highest level of school attended by their most recent husband/partner. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but HUSEDLVL is a standardized variable reporting the level of education in four categories: No education, Primary, Secondary, and Higher.

The DHS recode manuals state, "In some countries the educational system does not fit naturally within this scheme, and a different categorization was used for the Final Report. In this case, this variable is constructed as accurately as possible from the country's own scheme, and the variable used for the Final Report is included as a country-specific variable."

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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