EDU_LVL field

containing table

tblBAS

explanation of variable

Last completed education Level. ISCED97 refers to the ​​1997 International Standard Classification of Education

format of data

numeric. see coding table for valid codings.

exists since HICDEP version

1.70

Coding Table

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Code	Description
1	primary education (ISCED97-1)
2	lower secondary (ISCED97-2) OR end of basic education
3	upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary (ISCED97 3 and 4)
4	university or post-graduate (ISCED97 5A and 5B)
8	other, only if none of the codes 0 to 4 applies
9	Unknown