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Population Census 1991, Jamaica - IPUMS Subset

Jamaica, 1991
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JAM_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Division of Censuses and Related Studies, Statistical Institute of Jamaica, IPUMS
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Type of school attending/last attended (JM1991A_SCHLTYP)

Data file: JAM1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 241
End: 242
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="JM91A428 JM91A429 JM91A430 JM91A431 JM91A432 JM91A433 JM91A434"><span class="h3">Section 5: Education</span><br />[All persons]<br /><br /><span class="em">Interviewer</span><br />(i) For children under 4 years, mark "No" at question 5.1 and go to question 8.1<br />(ii) For persons over 50 years, mark "No" at question 5.1 and proceed from question 5.2 in relation to the last institution attended.<br />(iii) For persons between ages 30 and 50 years, say: "It is known that some people try to further their education as they get older" before asking question 5.1.<br />(iv) For all other persons, i.e. 4-29 years old, proceed directly to question 5.1.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="JM91A429">5.2. What type of educational institution are you / is [the respondent] attending / did you / did [the respondent] last attend?<br /><div class="i1">[] None <span class="ital">(go to Question 6.1)</span> <br />[] Nursery/infant <span class="ital">(go to Question 5.5)</span> <br />[] Primary/preparatory <span class="ital">(go to Question 5.4)</span> <br />[] All age/elementary <span class="ital">(go to Question 5.4)</span> <br />[] Junior secondary <span class="ital">(go to Question 5.4)</span> <br />[] New secondary <span class="ital">(go to Question 5.4)</span> <br />[] Secondary high <span class="ital">(go to Question 5.4)</span> <br />[] Vocational<br />[] Commercial/secretarial<br />[] University <span class="ital">(go to Question 5.5)</span> <br />[] Other tertiary (specify _____)<br />[] Special school <span class="ital">(go to Question 5.4)</span> <br />[] Other <span class="ital">(go to Question 5.4)</span> <br />[] Not stated <span class="ital">(go to Question 5.4)</span></div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 None
02 Nursery/infant
03 Primary/preparatory
04 All age/elementary
05 Junior secondary
06 New secondary
07 Secondary high
08 Vocational
09 Commercial/secretarial
10 University
11 Other tertiary
12 Special school
13 Other
98 Unknown
99 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 the type of school the person is attending or last attended.
Universe
Jamaica 1991: Persons age 4+ in private households and some group quarters [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.5%]

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