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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 1990
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PRI_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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School attendance (PR1990A_SCHOOL)

Data file: PRI1990_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 255
End: 255
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="PR90A426"><span class="em">9. At any time since February 1, 1990, has [respondent] attended regular school or college?</span><br /><br />Include only pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary school, and schooling which leads to a high school diploma or a college degree.<br /><br />If "Yes," ask -- Public or private?<br /><br /><div class="i1">[] 1 No, has not attended since February 1<br />[] 2 Yes, public school, public college<br />[] 3 Yes, private school, private college</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 No, not in school
2 Yes, in school
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 respondent attended school during a specified period (last two months).
Universe
Puerto Rico 1990: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

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