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Fourth General Census of Population and Housing 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 2009
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MLI_2009_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of the Census, IPUMS
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School attendance (ML2009A_SCHOOL)

Data file: MLI2009_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 247
End: 247
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Population age three or older</span>
<br />[Questions P18-P23 were asked for persons age 3+.]</p>

<p><span class="em">P18) School attendance</span>
<br />Has [Name] ever attended school or is he/she currently attending school?</p>
<div class="i1">Record the corresponding code<br /><br />[] 0 No, never attended<br />[] 1 Yes, attended in past<br />[] 2 Yes, attending currently</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 No, never attended
1 Yes, attended in the past
2 Yes, attending currently
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em"> 6.2.3.17 School attendance (Column P18) </span>
<br />The agent asks the question: "Has [NAME] ever attended or does he/she currently attend school?." We consider this attendance regardless of the type of school (regular or not, full-or part-time, day or evening). Enter the appropriate code: "0" for "No, never attended" "1" for "Yes, attended" and "2" for "Yes, currently attending."

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's school attendance.
Universe
Mali 2009: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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