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1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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School attendence (US1960A_SCHOOL)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 235
End: 235
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A441"><span class="em">P16. Has he attended regular school or college at any time since February 1, 1960? </span><br /><div class="i1">If he has attended only nursery school, business or trade school, or adult education classes, check "No".</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No, not in school
2 Yes, in 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 respondent attended school during a specified period.
Universe
United States 1960: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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