IHSN Survey Catalog
  • Home
  • Microdata Catalog
  • Citations
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / GTM_2002_PHC_V01_M_V7.5_A_IPUMS / variable [P]
central

XI Population Census and VI Housing Census of 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 2002
Get Microdata
Reference ID
GTM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Sep 03, 2025
Last modified
Sep 03, 2025
Page views
99
  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Get Microdata
  • Data files
  • GTM2002_PHC-H-H.dat
  • GTM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Reason for not attending school (GT2002A_SCHREAS)

Data file: GTM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 240
End: 240
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Chapter VII. Characteristics of the people</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For persons of age 7 years and older </span>
<br />[Questions 12 to 20 are for persons of age 7 years and older]</p>

<p><span class="em">15. What was the main cause of school absenteeism?</span><div class="i1">For persons age 7 to 14 years old.<br /><br />[Question 15 is asked of persons aged 7 to 14 years old who are not attending school. If person is not 7 to 14 years of age, proceed to question 16.]<br /><br />[] 1 Lack of money<br />[] 2 Have to work<br />[] 3 No school available<br />[] 4 Parents did not want to<br />[] 5 Household duties<br />[] 6 Does not like it, does not want to go<br />[] 7 Has already finished the studies<br />[] 8 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Lack of money
2 Has to work
3 No school available
4 Parents do not want it
5 Household duties
6 Does not like it and does not want to go
7 Studies are already finished
8 Other
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
<span class="h3">Section 7: Individual characteristics</span></p>

<p>This section records individual information for a maximum of ten people - those listed in section 6, "total number of persons in the household." If there are more than ten people in the census household use as many additional forms as necessary.</p>

<p>[A graphic of the "individual characteristics", located at the top of section 7 of the census form, is included here.]</p>

<p>Person number: In the grid spaces on the upper left side of the form, write the number that corresponds to the person according to the order from the list of persons in section VI. The head of household is number 1.</p>

<p>Name: In the appropriate space, write the name of each of the persons who make up the household according to the order in which they appear on the list in question 3 of section VI. Begin with the head of household and continue writing according to the order established.</p>

<p>Information supplied by respondent: This is when the person interviewed gives information about his/her own self. Fill in the appropriate oval according to the information you receive.</p>

<p>Questions 1-11 should be asked for all permanent residents of the household in the dwelling.</p>

<p><span class="em">Questions 12-20 are for persons aged seven or older.</span></p>

<p><span class="em">15. Reason for not attending school </span>
<br />This question is only for person aged seven to fourteen.</p>

<p>Ask, "What was the main reason for not attending school?"</p>

<p>[A graphic of question 15, from section 7 of the census form, is included here.]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person' reason for not attending school.
Universe
Guatemala 2002: Persons age 7-14 currently not attending school [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog
IHSN Survey Catalog

© IHSN Survey Catalog, All Rights Reserved.