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2012 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2012
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TZA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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School attendance (TZ2012A_SCHOOL)

Data file: TZA2012_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 243
End: 243
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">C. Education: All persons aged 4 years and above</span>
<br /><span class="em">[Questions 20-22 were asked of persons aged 4+] </span></p>

<p>21. Education attainment </p>
<div class="i1">Is [the respondent] currently attending, partially attended, completed or never attended school? <br /><br />[] 1 Now attending <br />[] 2 Partially attended <br />[] 3 Completed <br />[] 4 Never attended<br /><br />If the answer is never attended, skip to section D.</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Is now attending school
2 Has partly attended school
3 Has completed school
4 Has never attended school
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 the person attended school.
Universe
Tanzania 2012: Persons age 4+ [discrepancies: none]

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