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Participation in Education, July 1995 - July 1996
NSS 52nd Round

India, 1995 - 1996
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IND-MOSPI-NSSO-NSS-52-25.2-1995-V2.
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Type of current education (TYPE_CUR_EDUCATION)

Data file: BLOCK 4 Education particulars...

Overview

Valid: 92311
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 35
End: 35
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: character

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Literal question
Type of current education
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 general 91920
99.6%
2 technical 391
0.4%
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.
Interviewer instructions
Type of current education refers to whether the education followed is a general course or a technical course. Code 1 or 2 will be accordingly given. Normal university education for a degree including those in engineering, medicine, agriculture, law etc. are to be treated as general education course only for this schedule.

Description

Definition
Education is broadly divided into two categories:
(i) general education and (ii) technical and vocational education.
General education, in this survey, includes general school education from the primary to the higher secondary level, normal
university education for a degree including professional education like Engineering, Medicine, Agriculture, etc. Other technical
and vocational courses like those offered by ITIs, polytechnics, etc., are included under technical and vocational education.
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