Census of Population of Ireland, 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1991

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IRL_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistics Office, IPUMS

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Age education ceased (IE1991A_EDCEASE)

Data file: IRL1991_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 221

End: 222

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions 16-24 relate to persons aged 15 years and over]</p>

<p>Education received [Q.16 and Q.17] (to be completed only for person's whose full-time education has ceased)</p>

<p>Q.16 State [the person's] age when full-time education ceased___

Categories

Value	Category
01	Under 15 years
02	15 years
03	16 years
04	17 years
05	18 years
06	19 years
07	20-21 years
08	22 years and over
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 age that a person ceased their education.

Universe

Ireland 1991: Persons 15+ who have ceased full-time education [discrepancies: none]

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