South African Census 1985

South Africa, 1985

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Level of education (educ_lev)

Data file: SA Census 1985 Area_j_v1.2

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 36

Range: 0 - 20

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

4.9 LEVEL OF EDUCATION - State:
4.9.1 Highest school standard PASSED
4.9.2 ALL DEGREES, DIPLOMAS and CERTIFICATES aleady obtained, for example B.A., TYPING DIPLOMA, etc

Categories

Value	Category
0	None
1	Grade 1
2	Std 2
3	Std 3
4	Std 4
5	Std 5
6	Std 6(Form I)
7	Std 7(Form II)
8	Std 8(Form III; NTS 1)
9	Std 9(Form IV)
10	Std 10 (Form V; NTS 3)
11	Diploma with Std 7 or lower
12	Diploma with Std 8 or 9
13	Diploma with Std 10
14	Bachelor's Degree
15	Master's Degree
16	Doctorate Degree
17	Bachelor's with Diploma/Certificate
18	Master's with Diploma/Certificate
19	Doctorate with Diploma/Certificate
20	Unspecified but applicable

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.

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Definition

Highest level of education attained by the respondent. Grade 1 in this case refers to the Sub A, Sub B and Std 1 schooling levels. In the combined SA Census 1985 dataset available from Statistics South Africa's website this value has been renamed "Grade 1 and 2" and the definition of this value as Sub A, Sub B and Std 1 confirmed.

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