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| Variable Name | educ_5cat |
| Top Access Level | released |
| Label | Education Category (5) |
| Codebook | SIPP Synthetic Beta v5.1 |
| Concept | |
| Type | numeric |
Files
ssb_v5_1_synthetic1_1.sas7bdat
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html
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SAS
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ssb_v5_1_synthetic1_1.dta
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html
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Stata
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Full Description
Highest level of education attained at the time of the education history topical module.
This variable was created from information gathered in the topical module on education
history and represents the highest level of education achieved up to the point of
the administration of the topical module questions.
For individuals who did not answer the topical module education history questions,
we imputed values for educ_5cat.
Value Ranges
Value Range
Range: [ 1 , 5 ]
Groups
Values (5 total)
| 1 | No high school degree |
| 2 | High school degree |
| 3 | Some college |
| 4 | College degree |
| 5 | Graduate degree |
