1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1970

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PRI_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

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Vocational training (PR1970A_SCHLVOC)

Data file: PRI1970_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 364

End: 364

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="PR70A525 PR70A529"><span class="em">25.a. Has this person ever completed a vocational training program?<br /></span><br /><div class="i1">For example, in high school; as apprentice; in school of business, nursing or trades; technical institute; or Armed Forces schools.</div><br /><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No - Skip to 26</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	No vocational training
2	Business, office work
3	Nursing, health fields
4	Trades and crafts
5	Engineering, drafting, science technician
6	Agriculture, home economics
7	Other vocational field
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 identifies if the person completed vocational training and if so the main field of the vocational training.

Universe

Puerto Rico 1970: Persons age 14+ [discrepancies: none]

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