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

India, 1995 - 1996
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For general education : Level (LVL_EDUCATION)

Data file: BLOCK 4 Education particulars...

Overview

Valid: 92311
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 37
End: 38
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: character

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Question pretext
Course (code)
Literal question
For general education : Level
Categories
Value Category Cases
00 185
0.2%
01 not literate 0
0%
02 literate : without formal schooling 0
0%
03 below primary 1
0%
04 primary 39912
43.2%
05 middle 26989
29.2%
06 secondary 15018
16.3%
07 higher secondary 5943
6.4%
08 diploma/certificarte course 608
0.7%
09 graduate 3211
3.5%
10 post graduate & above 444
0.5%
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
The level of the course for which the person is currently enrolled will be coded as per the codes for level of education as given in block 3. These are again given for easy reference.

not literate -01
literate :
without formal schooling -02
below primary -03
primary -04
middle -05
secondary -06
higher secondary -07
diploma /certificate course -08
graduate -09
post graduate and above -10

The codes 1, 2 and 3 will not be applicable for this item as the coverage for this block will be only primary and post primary education.
Question post text
class / year of study

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Definition
It refers to the different stages of educational attainment.
The levels are (i) not literate, (ii) literate without formal schooling, (iii) below primary, (iv) primary, (v) middle, (vi) secondary, (vii) higher secondary, (viii) diploma/ certificate, (ix) graduate, and, (x) postgraduate and above. It may be noted that if a person has successfully passed the final year of a given level, then and only then will he/she be considered to have attained that level of education. For example, the level attained by a person studying in Class IX will be middle but the level at which he/she is currently studying is secondary.
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