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The 14th General Population Census and General Housing Census
2001 IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Italy, 2001
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ITA_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Preschool attendance (IT2001A_PRESCHL)

Data file: ITA2001_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="IT01A426"><span class="em">For persons under 6 years of age</span><br />[Question 5.1 was asked for persons under 6 years of age.]<br /><br /><span class="em">5.1 Indicate whether the child goes to</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Day nurseries (go to point 8)<br />[] 2 Nursery School (go to point 8)<br />[] 3 Neither one (the questionnaire ends here)</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Day nurseries
2 Nursery school
3 Neither one
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 child goes to nursery school or day nurseries. It is likely that all the children in the unknown category are those already in first grade of primary school. This information is consistent with other education related variables.
Universe
Italy 2001: Persons under age 6 [discrepancies: none]

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