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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2011
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BWA_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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Ever attended school (BW2011A_SCHOOL)

Data file: BWA2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 261
End: 261
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">A. Person Information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Educational attainment</span></p>

<p>14. Has [the respondent] ever attended school?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Still at school<br />[] 2 Left school<br />[] 3 Never attended [go to question 17]</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Still at school
2 Left school
3 Never attended
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
141. Columns A15-A17
<br />These questions apply only to persons aged 2 years and above. If the person is less than 2 years of age, then when you reach column A15, you should dashes in the shaded area for columns A15-A31 and proceed to the next listed person in the household. These questions refer to school attendance by the person in question. The relevant portion of the sample questionnaire is shown on page 33 for ease of reference.</p>

<p>142. Column A15: School attendance
<br />Q. Has the respondent ever attended school?
<br />The question refers to a formal schooling only. The information education offered at home is not covered by this question. Officially registered private schools are included.
<br />If a person has never attended school, enter 1 in A15 and dashes in A16 and A17, then go to A18.</p>

<p>If a person is still attending school, enter 2 in A15 and go to A16.</p>

<p>If a person has attended school but has since left school, enter 3 in A15 and go to A16. </p>

<p>If it is not known whether or not someone ever attended school, enter 9 in A15, and 99 in A16 and A17.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person has ever attended school.
Universe
Botswana 2011: Persons age 2+ except institutionalized non-residents [discrepancies: type I trace; trpe II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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