National Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 2000

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Reference ID

PNG_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistics Office, IPUMS

Metadata

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School attendance (PG2000A_SCHOOL)

Data file: PNG2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 212

End: 212

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">Continue only for persons aged 5 years or more</span>
<br />[Questions 11-12 were asked of persons age 5+.]</p>

<p>11. Is the person attending any formal schooling now?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No- attended in the past<br />[] 3 No- never attended</div>

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No, attended in the past
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.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether or not a person attended school.

Universe

Papua New Guinea 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.1%]

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Concept

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