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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Angola, 2015 - 2016
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AGO_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Angola], Ministério da Saúde (MINSA) [Angola], Ministério do Planeamento e do Desenvolvimento Territorial (MINPLAN) [Angola] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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School attendance status (H_EDSTATUS)

Data file: AGO2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 415
End: 415
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
20) For the current school year, what grade (year) did (NAME) attend?

LEVEL

BASIC LITERACY 0
PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL 1
PRIMARY 2
SECONDARY 1ST CYCLE 3
SECONDARY 2ND CYCLE 4
BACHELOR 5
LICENTIATE/PROFESSIONAL 6
MASTER 7
DOCTORATE 8
DOES NOT KNOW 9

YEAR/GRADE

INITIATION 90
BASIC LITERACY 91
1ST GRADE 1
2ND GRADE 2
3RD GRADE 3
4TH GRADE 4
5TH GRADE 5
6TH GRADE 6
7TH GRADE 7
8TH GRADE 8
9TH GRADE 9
10TH GRADE 10
11TH GRADE 11
12TH GRADE 12
13TH GRADE 13
1ST YEAR 14
2ND YEAR 15
3RD YEAR 16
4TH YEAR 17
5TH YEAR 18
6TH YEAR19
DOES NOT KNOW 20
Categories
Value Category
0 Never attended
1 Entered school
2 Advanced
3 Repeating
4 Dropout
5 Left school 2 or more years ago
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 household members within a specified (and varying) age range, from childhood to young adulthood, EDSTATUS (HV129) indicates the household member's educational status.

Below are descriptions of each code:

0 = Never attended: Children with no education
1 = Entered school: Children who did not attend school the previous year but are currently enrolled
2 = Advanced: Children at a current level that is higher than the previous year
3 = Repeating: Children who are at the same level as the previous year or at a level below the previous year
4 = Dropout: Children who were at school the previous year but are not currently attending school
5 = Left school 2 or more years ago: Children who are not currently attending school and did not go to school the previous year

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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