Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset
South Africa, 2016
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Highest year of education (South Africa) (M_YRSCHLMNZA)
Data file: ZAF2016-M.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
477
End:
478
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 00 | No education |
| 10 | Less than 1 year primary completed |
| 11 | Grade 1/Sub A/Class 1 |
| 12 | Grade 2/Sub B/Class 2 |
| 13 | Grade 3/Standard 1/AET 1 (KHA RI GUDE, SANLI) |
| 14 | Grade 4/Standard 2 |
| 15 | Grade 5/Standard 3/AET 2 |
| 16 | Grade 6/Standard 4 |
| 17 | Grade 7/Standard 5/AET 3 |
| 20 | Less than 1 year secondary school completed |
| 21 | Grade 8/Standard 6/Form 1/NTC 1/N1/NC (V) Level 2 |
| 22 | Grade 9/Standard 7/Form 2/AET 4/NTC 2/N2/NC (V) Level 3 |
| 23 | Grade 10/Standard 8/Form 3/NTC 3/N3/NC (V) Level 4 |
| 24 | Grade 11/Standard 9/Form 4 |
| 25 | Certificate or Diploma with less than Grade 12/Standard 10 completed |
| 26 | Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/MATRIC |
| 27 | N4/NTC 4 |
| 28 | N5/NTC 5 |
| 29 | N6/NTC 6 |
| 30 | Further studies incomplete or ongoing |
| 31 | Certificate or diploma with Grade 12/Standard 10 completed |
| 32 | Higher diploma (Technikon/University of technology) |
| 33 | Post higher diploma (Technikon/University of technolgy masters, doctoral) |
| 34 | Bachelors degree/Bachelors degree and post graduate diploma |
| 35 | Honours degree |
| 36 | Higher degree (masters, doctorate) |
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
YRSCHLMNZA reports the highest class or year of education the male respondent completed, according to the South African education system. This variable is country-specific to South Africa.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |