Data Source: British Columbia Ministry of Education

Coding schemes, or variable value labels, provide rich information about what and how data is collected in the first place, and how it may be used by researchers for further analyses. For example, in the Student Level Data Collection, the Ministry has compiled a list of 168 home languages that the student can identify as his/her primary language spoken at home. Students of a certain ethnic background could be identified using the home language as a proxy. Special needs programs are also coded into 13 categories that indicate different types of needs. A number of coding scheme are provided here to illustrate the actual values that the associated variables may have. Further enquiries about variables can be directed to edudata.canada@ubc.ca.

Aboriginal Band Code (PDF)

Career Program (PDF)

Home Language (PDF)

School District (PDF)

School Listing (PDF)

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