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Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009
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LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Man's summary educational achievement (M_EDACHIEVERMN)

Data file: LSO2009-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 491
End: 491
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(17) Does (NAME)'s natural father usually live in this household or was he a guest last night?
IF YES: What is his name?
RECORD FATHER'S LINE NUMBER.
IF NO, RECORD '00'

LINE NUMBER___ ___
Categories
Value Category
0 No education
1 Incomplete primary
2 Complete primary
3 Incomplete secondary
4 Complete secondary
5 Higher
6 Other
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
EDACHIEVERMN (MV149) is a summary variable that reports the man's highest level of education in broad categories. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDACHIEVERMN is a standardized variable providing the level of education in six categories:

No education,
Incomplete primary
Complete primary
Incomplete secondary
Complete secondary
Higher


EDACHIEVERMN is constructed from information contained in EDUCLVLMN (MV106) and YRSCHLMN (MV107).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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