Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset
Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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Highest year of education completed in level (H_EDLEVYR)
Data file: MWI2016-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
367
End:
368
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
17. What is the highest level of school (NAME) has attended? What is the highest grad (NAME) completed at that level?
LEVEL
0 PRESCHOOL
1 PRIMARY
2 SECONDARY
3 HIGHER
8 DON'T KNOW
GRADE
00 LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED (USE '00' FOR QUESTION 17 ONLY. THIS CODE IS NOT ALLOWED FOR QUESTION 19)
98 DON'T KNOW
LEVEL
0 PRESCHOOL
1 PRIMARY
2 SECONDARY
3 HIGHER
8 DON'T KNOW
GRADE
00 LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED (USE '00' FOR QUESTION 17 ONLY. THIS CODE IS NOT ALLOWED FOR QUESTION 19)
98 DON'T KNOW
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | Less than 1 year |
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 90 | Other |
| 96 | Inconsistent |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 98 | Missing |
| 99 | 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
EDLEVYR (HV107) reports the number of years of schooling completed by the household member at the educational level (primary, secondary, or higher) reported in EDLEVEL (HV106). See Comparability for more information on how to correctly interpret values in EDLEVYR.
For the household member's total years of education, see EDYEARS (HV108).
For the household member's total years of education, see EDYEARS (HV108).
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |