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1989 Population and Housing census - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989
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KEN_1989_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Planning, IPUMS
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School attendance (KE1989A_SCHOOL)

Data file: KEN1989_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 204
End: 204
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="KE89A410 KE89A411 KE89A412"><span class="h2">B. Persons aged 6 years and over</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="KE89A411">P20. Has [the respondent] ever attended school?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 At school<br />[] 2 Left school<br />[] 3 Never went to school<br /><br />(Code 0 if age is 5 years or less)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Attending school
2 Left school
3 Never attended school
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 the person has ever attended school.
Universe
Kenya 1989: Persons age 6+, except travellers and those receiving the short questionnaires [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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