Percent distribution of women and men age 15-49 by highest level of schooling attended or completed.
Coverage:
Population base: Women and men age 15-49 (IR file, MR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerators: Number of women (or men) age 15-49 by highest level of schooling attended or completed (women: v149; men: mv149)
Denominator: Number of women (or men) age 15-49
Variables: IR file, MR file.
|
v149 |
Educational attainment (women) |
|
v005 |
Women's sample weight |
|
mv149 |
Educational attainment (men) |
|
mv005 |
Men's sample weight |
Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100.
Missing data and “don’t know” responses are grouped into a separate category in the percent distribution.
Years of education considered for completion of each level of education vary from country to country and may change over time within country. Education levels are also country-specific. Respondents are asked the highest level of schooling attended and the highest grade completed at that level.
Gardner, Robert. 1998. Education. DHS Comparative Studies No. 29. Calverton, Maryland: Macro International Inc. https://www.dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-CS29-Comparative-Reports.cfm
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Tables 3.2.1 and 3.2.2
API Indicator IDs:
Women:
ED_EDUC_W_NED, ED_EDUC_W_SPR, ED_EDUC_W_CPR, ED_EDUC_W_SSC, ED_EDUC_W_CSC, ED_EDUC_W_HGH, ED_EDUC_W_DKM, ED_EDUC_W_PRI, ED_EDUC_W_SEH
Men:
ED_EDUC_M_NED, ED_EDUC_M_SPR, ED_EDUC_M_CPR ED_EDUC_M_SSC, ED_EDUC_M_CSC, ED_EDUC_M_HGH, ED_EDUC_M_DKM, ED_EDUC_M_PRI, ED_EDUC_M_SEH
(API link, STATcompiler link)
Median years of education for women and men age 15-49.
Coverage:
Population base: Women and men age 15-49 (IR file, MR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerators: Number of years of women (or men) age 15-49 by median years completed (women: v133; men: mv133)
Denominator: Number of women (or men) age 15-49
Variables: IR file, MR file.
|
v133 |
Education in single years (women) |
|
v005 |
Women's sample weight |
|
mv133 |
Education in single years (men) |
|
mv005 |
Men's sample weight |
Medians are calculated from cumulated single-year percent distributions (see Numerator and Denominator above) of completed years of schooling. The median is linearly interpolated between the years of completed schooling that occur before and after a cumulative 50 percent (see example below) and reference Median Calculations in Chapter 1.
Link
median
The table below shows the cumulative (weighted) percentage of women age 15-49 by completed years of schooling. We look for two successive cumulative percentages that bracket 50%. We find that 44% of women age 15-49 have completed 5 years of schooling and 54% completed 6 years of schooling. We find the median by interpolating between the two numbers of completed years.
|
Completed years of education |
Frequency |
Percent of women age 15-49 |
Cumulative percent of women age 15-49 |
|
0 |
3205 |
13.1 |
13.1 |
|
1 |
631 |
2.6 |
15.6 |
|
2 |
1160 |
4.7 |
20.3 |
|
3 |
1696 |
6.9 |
27.3 |
|
4 |
1867 |
7.6 |
34.9 |
|
5 |
2234 |
9.1 |
44.0 |
|
6 |
2495 |
10.2 |
54.1 |
|
7 |
2905 |
11.8 |
65.9 |
|
8 |
2511 |
10.2 |
76.2 |
|
9 |
1273 |
5.2 |
81.3 |
|
10 |
1502 |
6.1 |
87.5 |
|
11 |
748 |
3.1 |
90.5 |
median = 5 + (50.0 - 44.0) / (54.1 - 44.0)
median = 5.6
Missing data and “don’t know” responses for the highest level of education attended or the highest grade completed are excluded from the median calculation.
Oya, C., and J. Sender. "Divorced, separated, and widowed women workers in rural Mozambique." Feminist Economics 15, no. 2 (2009): 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545700902729516
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Tables 3.2.1 and 3.2.2
API Indicator IDs:
ED_EDUC_W_MYR, ED_EDUC_M_MYR
(API link, STATcompiler link)