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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
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Educational level during current school year (H_EDLEVELNOW)

Data file: GHA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 382
End: 382
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
26. During this school year, what level and grade is (NAME) attending? SEE CODES BELOW.

LEVEL____

GRADE _______
Categories
Value Category
0 No education/preschool
1 Primary
2 Secondary
3 Higher
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
EDLEVELNOW (HV122) reports the level of school the household member attended during the current school year. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDUCLVL is a standardized variable reporting level of education in four broad categories: No education/preschool, Primary, Secondary, and Higher.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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