India - Employment and Unemployment Survey: NSS 62nd Round, Schedule 10, July 2005 - June 2006
Reference ID | DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-62nd-Sch10-2005-06 |
Year | 2005 - 2006 |
Country | India |
Producer(s) | National Sample Survey Office |
Sponsor(s) | M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI - |
Collection(s) | |
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General education
(B4_q7)
File: Block-4-Persons-demographic-particulars-records
File: Block-4-Persons-demographic-particulars-records
Overview
Type:
Discrete Format: character Width: 2 | Valid cases: 377187 Invalid: 0 |
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Education level-General (code)
Categories
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
01 | Not literate | 109547 | ![]() |
02 | Literate without formal schooling:EGS/NFEC/AE | 1629 | ![]() |
03 | TLC | 1423 | ![]() |
04 | Others | 2273 | ![]() |
05 | Below primary | 56008 | ![]() |
06 | Primary | 53187 | ![]() |
07 | Middle | 58015 | ![]() |
08 | Secondary | 41808 | ![]() |
10 | Higher secondary | 24908 | ![]() |
11 | Diploma/certificate course | 3310 | ![]() |
12 | Graduate. | 19663 | ![]() |
13 | Postgraduate and above | 5416 | ![]() |
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 highest level of education successfully completed by the members of the household considering general/ technical/ vocational education will be recorded in codes A person who can both read and write a simple message with understanding in at least one language is to be considered literate. Those who are not able to do so, are to be considered not literate and will be assigned code 01. Some persons achieve literacy by attending Non-formal Education Courses (NFEC) or Adult Education Centres (AEC) or by attending primary schools created under Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS). Such persons will be given code 02. Persons who have become literate through attending Total Literacy Campaign (TLC) will be given code 03. Persons who are literate through means other than formal schooling or the two enumerated above will be given code 04. Those, who are by definition literate through formal schooling but are yet to pass primary standard examination will be assigned code 05. Similarly codes 06, 07, 08, and 10 to 13 will be assigned to those who have passed the appropriate levels. The criteria for deciding primary, middle, secondary, etc. levels will be that followed in the concerned states/union territories. Persons who have attained proficiency in Oriental languages (e.g., Sanskrit, Persian, etc.) through formal but not through the general type of education will be classified appropriately at the equivalent level of general education standard. For them who have completed some diploma or certificate course in general, technical education or vocational education which is equivalent to below graduation level, code 11 will be assigned. Whereas, code 12 will be recorded for them who have obtained degree or diploma or certificate general, technical education or vocational education, which is equivalent to graduation level. Similarly, code 13 will be assigned for them who have obtained degree or diploma or certificate in general or technical education, which is equivalent to post-graduation level and above.