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Population and Family Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2007
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JOR_2007_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics [Jordan] and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Summary educational achievement (B_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: JOR2007-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 499
End: 499
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
215) In what month and year was (NAME) born?

PROBE: What is his/her birthday?

MONTH___
YEAR_____
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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