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Census of Population and Housing 1970 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970
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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Public or private school (US1970A_0443)

Data file: USA1970-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 243
End: 243
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[15%]
20. Since February 1, 1970, has this person attended regular school or college at any time?

Count nursery school, kindergarten, and schooling which leads to an elementary school certificate, high school diploma, or college degree.



[] No
[] Yes, public
[] Yes, parochial
[] Yes, other private



"Do not count trade or business school, company training, or tutoring unless you think he could get credit for it at a regular school or college."
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Not enrolled
2 Public school
3 Parochial
4 Other private
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 respondents attending school were enrolled in a public or a private school.
Universe
Persons age 3+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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