Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004

Reference ID

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 attainment (H_EDSUMM)

Data file: LSO2004-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 278

End: 278

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

(18) What is the highest level of school (NAME) has attended? *****
What is the highest standard/form/year (NAME) completed at that level? ****

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___ ___

00 = LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED
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

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

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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