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Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009
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Reference ID
LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Educational attainment (H_EDSUMM)

Data file: LSO2009-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 353
End: 353
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(19) What is the highest level of school (NAME) has attended?
SEE CODES BELOW
What is the highest grade (NAME) completed at that level?
SEE CODES BELOW

LEVEL ___

1=PRIMARY
2=VOC./TECH. TRAINING AFTER PRIMARY
3=SECONDARY/HIGH
4=VOC./TECH. TRAINING AFTER SECONDARY/HIGH
5=COLLEGE
6=GRADUATE/POST GRADUATE
8=DON'T KNOW

GRADE___ ___

00=LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED
STANDARD 01-07=LEVEL 1 (PRIMARY SCHOOL)
YEAR 01-06=LEVEL 2 (VOC/TECH. AFTER PRIMARY)
FROM 01-05=LEVEL 3 (SECONDARY/HIGH)
YEAR 01-06=LEVEL 4 (VOC./TECH. AFTER SECONDARY)
YEAR 01-03=LEVEL 5 (COLLEGE)
YEAR 01-06=LEVEL 6 (GRAD./POST GRAD).
98=DON'T KNOW
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
6 Other
7 Don't know
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
EDSUMM (HV109) is a summary variable that reports the household member's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDSUMM is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories: No education, Incomplete primary, Complete primary, Incomplete secondary, Complete secondary, and Higher.

EDSUMM is constructed from information contained in EDLEVEL (HV106) and EDLEVYR (HV107).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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