Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
elsalv
1992
|
elsalv
2007
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 000 | NIU (not in universe) | X | X |
| 100 | None | X | X |
| 110 | Preschool | X | · |
| 111 | Grade 1 | · | X |
| 112 | Grade 2 | · | X |
| 113 | Grade 3 | · | X |
| 114 | Grade unknown | · | X |
| 200 | Primary education | · | · |
| 201 | Grade 1 | X | X |
| 202 | Grade 2 | X | X |
| 203 | Grade 3 | X | X |
| 204 | Grade 4 | X | X |
| 205 | Grade 5 | X | X |
| 206 | Grade 6 | X | X |
| 207 | Grade 7 | X | X |
| 208 | Grade 8 | X | X |
| 209 | Grade 9 | X | X |
| 210 | Grade unknown | · | X |
| 300 | Secondary education | · | · |
| 301 | Grade 1 | X | X |
| 302 | Grade 2 | X | X |
| 303 | Grade 3 | X | X |
| 304 | Grade 4 | · | X |
| 310 | Vocational course (after 6th grade primary) | · | · |
| 311 | Year 1 or 2 | X | X |
| Code | Label |
elsalv
1992
|
elsalv
2007
|
| 312 | Year 3 | X | X |
| 400 | Post-secondary non-university | · | · |
| 401 | Year 1 | X | X |
| 402 | Year 2 | X | X |
| 403 | Year 3 | · | X |
| 404 | Year 4 | · | X |
| 405 | Year 5 | · | X |
| 406 | Year 6 | · | X |
| 407 | Year 7 | · | X |
| 408 | Year 8 | · | X |
| 409 | Year unknown | · | X |
| 410 | Technical university | · | · |
| 411 | Year 1 | X | X |
| 412 | Year 2 | X | X |
| 413 | Year 3 | X | X |
| 420 | University | · | · |
| 421 | Year 1 | X | X |
| 422 | Year 2 | X | X |
| 423 | Year 3 | X | X |
| 424 | Year 4 | X | X |
| 425 | Year 5 | X | X |
| 426 | Year 6 | · | X |
| 427 | Year 7 | · | X |
| 428 | Year 8 | · | X |
| 429 | Year unknown | · | X |
| Code | Label |
elsalv
1992
|
elsalv
2007
|
| 430 | Masters | · | · |
| 431 | Year 1 | · | X |
| 432 | Year 2 | · | X |
| 433 | Year 3 | · | X |
| 440 | Doctorate | · | X |
| 998 | Unknown | X | · |
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Most IPUMS data transformations are performed using variable harmonization tables that specify how each value in the source data is recoded. Some variables also require programming logic in addition to the harmonization table. The harmonization documents for this variable are:
- Harmonization table
- Supplemental programming
- Instructions for interpreting harmonization documents
class Educsv : public Editor {
public:
Educsv(VarPointer varInfo) : Editor(varInfo) {}
void edit() {
long a = getRecoded();
switch (dataSet) {
case dataset_id::sv1992a: {
if (SV1992A_0447() == 99 && SV1992A_0425() < 5)
a = 0;
} break;
case dataset_id::sv2007a: {
if (SV2007A_0431() == 99 && SV2007A_0403() < 5)
a = 0;
} break;
}
setData(a);
}
};
Description
EDUCSV indicates the person's educational attainment in El Salvador in terms of the level of schooling completed.
Comparability — General
El Salvador has a 9-3 system. Primary education comprises 9 years (grades 1-9), divided in 3 cycles of 3 years each. Vocational courses are offered for persons that completed the 6th grade of primary education. Secondary education has a general and a technical track; the general track has 2 years (grades 10-11) while the technical track has 3 years (grades 10-12).
Post-secondary education includes non-university institutions, technical universities, and universities. Non-university education refers to institutions that require a secondary school diploma, such as technological institutes, the national agronomy school, teacher training schools, and others. Technical university refers to the fields of teaching and nursing, and technicians in diverse areas, offered by a university. Technical and teaching studies usually require 3 years and bachelor degrees 5 years (or more) of education.
The variable is largely comparable across samples. No grades are identified for the preschool level in El Salvador 1992. The 2007 sample identifies up to 8 years of study for post-secondary non-university and university education, while the 1992 sample has only a maximum of 2 years for non-university and 5 years for university. El Salvador 2007 has master and doctorate degrees as additional categories. Finally, the 2007 sample has grade 0 for preschool and primary, which was coded as "grade unknown."
An unharmonized variable for schooling outside the formal education system is available for both El Salvador 1992 (SV1992A_0407) and 2007 (SV2007A_0438).
A harmonized international classification of educational attainment is available in EDATTAIN, which imposes a number of compromises to regularize the data across countries. Conversely, EDUCSV retains the full detail on educational attainment for the El Salvador samples.
The number of years of schooling completed is available separately in YRSCHOOL.
Universe
- El Salvador 1992: Persons age 5+
- El Salvador 2007: Persons age 5+
Availability
- El Salvador: 1992, 2007
Questionnaire Text
| El Salvador 1992 |
| El Salvador 2007 |
V. Information on members of the household
2. Persons age 5 or older
[Questions 10-13 were asked of persons age 5 or older]
12a. What is the highest level of formal schooling completed?
[] 2 Primary or basic
[] 3 Vocational course (carrera corta) following sixth grade
[] 4 Secondary education
[] 5 Post-secondary, non-university
[] 6 Technical college
[] 7 Post-secondary, university
[] 8 Unknown
12b. What was the highest year completed at this level?
4.5.3 For persons age 5 or older
This part just refers to people five years of age and up, as a result the interview ends with question 9b for persons younger than 5, skipping the questions 10 through 13 to the following page.
12a. Level of schooling
What is the highest level of formal education attained?
In this question the different levels of schooling offered through the formal education system are presented, where each person must be located by level according to the information given, taking into account that they have at least passed one year within the said level according to the following list:
Primary or basic: First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grade, the last three corresponding to the first, second and third courses of the "basic plan" of the previous system.
Vocational course after sixth grade [carrera corta]: In this case these short degrees that were done only [after] having passed sixth grade will be counted, such as: bookkeeper, office technician, industrial basic plan and other vocational studies.
Middle education [secondary school]: This level includes all people who study or have studied in an current diversified two year bachelor's degree (high school diploma) and in the old two year bachelor's degree (high school diploma) in sciences and letters; also, accountants, primary teachers, commercial secretaries, expert agronomists, nurses and other courses of studies that require passing the basic plan.
Higher education (not university): In this level people are grouped together who studied or are studying in institutions that require or required a bachelor's degree (or teacher) [i.e. high school diploma], such as: technological institutes, national agronomy school, San Jose de la Montaña seminary, military school, teacher training school, school of social work, others.
[pg. 47]
University: These are those that studied or are studying in one of the universities for the purpose of an academic title, such as: doctor, engineer, economist, odontologist, etc.
Unknown: These are those people who have made some course of study, but by not being present, or for reasons of age were not able to report their level.
12b. Years passed
What is the last year passed at this level?
For upper level education both in and outside of the university, in which courses of study follow cycles and each year includes two cycles, the year exact year will be written down carefully. To facilitate the answer, the year passed will be noted in numbers.
[Questions 9-12 are for persons age 5 or older]
11a. What is the last grade or highest school year passed?
[] 2 Primary or basic (go to questions 11d.) ____
[] 3 Secondary education [educación media] ____
[] 4 Short course of studies after the sixth grade leading to a degree ____
[] 5 Non-university, higher education ____
[] 6 University-level technical studies [técnico universitaria] ____
[] 7 Advanced university [superior universitaria] ____
[] 8 Master's ____
[] 9 Doctorate ____
11b: Have you completed your high school, technical, university, master's or doctorate degree?
[] 2 No