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Zambia 1990
Zambia 2000
Zambia 2010
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Zambia 1990 — source variable ZM1990A_EDATTAN — Highest level of education
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Education
[Question P-14 to P-18 were asked of persons 5 years and over]

P-17 What highest level of academic education has [the respondent] completed? _ _

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Education: For All Persons 5 Years and Over

P - 17 What highest level of academic education has [name] completed?
36. Under highest academic educational level completed a apace has been provided to write the year and the educational level completed by each person who has ever attended an educational institution (including correspondence schools). Write the highest level completed whether a person is still attending full time or part-time or has attended previously and is not attending now. Enter the appropriate code in the boxes provided. The codes are given in the last column below on page 32 and in Appendix 5b on page 96. For persons who were educated outside Zambia, write the appropriate Zambian equivalent of the level reached.

[Examples are omitted here.]

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37. The system of school standards, grades and forms has been changed four times since 1956. The following are roughly the relative levels. Enter the appropriate code as provided in the last column below.

01. Sub-standard A, Sub-standard B, Grade 1
02. Standard 1, Grade 2
03. Standard 2, Grade 3
04. Standard 3, Grade 4
05. Standard 4, Grade 5
06. Standard 5, Grade 6, Standard 6 Lower
07. Standard 6 Upper, Standard 6, Grade 7
08. Form1, Grade 8
09. Form 2, Grade 9
10. Form 3, Grade 10
11. Form 4, Grade 11
12. Form 4 (GCE), Form 5 GCE (0), Form 6 lower, Grade 12 GCE (0),
13. Form 6 upper, GCE (A), University Undergraduate Students
14. Bachelors Degree
15. Masters Degree and above

38. The level completed is the qualification or attendance (i.e. degree, diploma, certificate, etc.) that an individual has acquired, whether by full-time study, part-time study or private study, whether conferred in the home country or abroad, and whether conferred by educational authorities, special examining bodies or professional bodies. The acquisition of an educational qualification, therefore, implies the successful completion of a course of study.


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Zambia 2000 — source variable ZM2000A_EDATTAN — Highest level of education completed
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For Persons 5 Years and Older ? Education

18. What highest level of academic education have you completed?
Level: _ _

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5.5 Education: for all persons 5 years and older

P21: What highest level of academic education has [the respondent] completed?

Under highest academic educational level completed, write the highest educational level completed by each person who has ever attended an educational institution (including correspondence schools). Shade the appropriate figures for the highest level completed whether a person is still attending full time or part-time or has attended previously and is not attending now. The codes are given below and in Appendix 8. For children attending nursery school and those currently in Grade 1, their academic qualification completed is 00. For persons who were educated outside Zambia, indicate the appropriate Zambian equivalent of the level reached.

[Omitted Examples]

[Omitted: Conversion of pre 1956 system of school standards, grades and forms]

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The level completed is the qualification or attendance (i.e. degree, diploma, certificate. etc.) that an individual has acquired, whether by full-time study, part-time study or private study whether conferred in the home country or abroad, and whether conferred by educational authorities, special examining bodies or professional bodies. The acquisition of an educational qualification, therefore, implies the successful completion of a course of study.


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Zambia 2010 — source variable ZM2010A_HIGHEDUC — Highest level of education completed
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Only for persons aged 5 years and older
[Applies to questions 25-30]

P28. What highest level of education has [the respondent] completed?

Enter code from manual _ _
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4.14 Education: for all persons 5 years and older

P - 28: What highest level of education has [the respondent] completed?

Under highest educational level completed, enter the highest educational level completed by each person who has ever attended an educational institution (including correspondence, e-learning, community schools etc.). Indicate the appropriate codes in the boxes for the highest level completed whether a person is still attending full time or part-time or has attended previously and is not attending now. The codes are given in Appendix 7. For children attending nursery school and those currently in Grade 1, their academic qualification completed is 00. For persons who were educated outside Zambia, indicate the appropriate Zambian equivalent of the level reached.

Example 1:
If someone passed Standard 5, i.e. was in school system before 1956, enter the code 06. For someone with GCE '0' level, enter the code 12.

Example 2:
Suppose a person completed Form 5 GCE '0' level in 1980. In 1981, he/she went to study at the University of Zambia. After two years he/she was re-directed before completing the program. For this person enter 12 for the highest level of education completed. The two years spent at the University are not considered in this case.