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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Educational level during previous school year (H_EDLEVELPREV)

Data file: LSO2004-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 288
End: 288
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(23) During that school year, what level and standard/form/year did (NAME) attend? ******

LEVEL ___

LEVEL 1 = PRIMARY
LEVEL 2 = VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL TRAINING AFTER PRIMARY .
LEVEL 3 = SECONDARY/HIGH
LEVEL 4 = VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL TRAINING AFTER SECONDARY
LEVEL 5 = COLLEGE
LEVEL 6 = GRADUATE/POST GRADUATE
8 = DON'T KNOW 98

STND/FRM/YR ___ ___

STANDARD 01-07 = LEVEL 1 (PRIMARY) .
YEAR 01-06 = LEVEL 2 (VOC/TECHN. AFTER PRIMARY)
FORM 01-05 = LEVEL 3 (SECONDARY/HIGH) .
YEAR 01-06 = LEVEL 4 (VOC/TECHN. AFTER SECONDARY)
YEAR 01-03 = LEVEL 5 (COLLEGE) .
YEAR 01-06 = LEVEL 6 (GRADUATE/POST GRADUATE) .
98= DON'T KNOW
Categories
Value Category
0 No education/preschool
1 Primary
2 Secondary
3 Higher
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
EDLEVELPREV (HV126) reports the level of school the household member attended during the previous school year. Countries vary in the gradations of their school systems, but EDUCLVL is a standardized variable reporting level of education in four broad categories: No education/preschool, Primary, Secondary, and Higher.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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