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Census of Population of Ireland, 1971 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1971
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IRL_1971_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Number of years of secondary education (IE1971A_YRSSECED)

Data file: IRL1971_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 183
End: 184
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="IE71A409 IE71A410 IE71A411 IE71A412 IE71A413 IE71A414 IE71A415 IE71A416 IE71A417">[Questions 14-18 are be completed for each person aged 14 years or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="IE71A409 IE71A410 IE71A411 IE71A413">17. Full-time education received:<br /><div class="i1">If the person attended the following types of school or college full-time, state the number of years in each case. If the person did not attend, write "None".<br /><br />State age at which full-time education ended____</div><br /><div class="i2">Secondary: ___ years<br /><br />Vocational, technical, or commercial: ___ years<br /><br />University or higher technical: ____ years</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
98 No response (includes still attending)
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 number of years the person received secondary education. There was not enough information to definitively distinguish individuals who were still attending school from individuals for whom the number of years of secondary education is unknown.
Universe
Ireland 1971: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 53.2%]

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