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Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2015
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SEN_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD) [Sénégal], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Summary educational achievement (W_EDACHIEVER)

Data file: SEN2015-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 609
End: 609
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
17) What is the highest level of school (NAME) has attended?
What is the highest grade (NAME) completed at that level?

LEVEL ___

PRIMARY 1
MID-LEVEL 2
SECONDARY 2
HIGHER 3
PRESCHOOL 6
DON'T KNOW 8

GRADE____

LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED 00
DON'T KNOW 98
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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