Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

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Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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School attendance status (H_EDSTATUS)

Data file: NAM2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 376

End: 376

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Q. 25-Q. 28 ARE ASKED ONLY IF AGE 5-24 YEARS
CURRENT/RECENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE (25) (26) (27) (28)

Did (NAME) attend school at any time during the (2006-2007) school year?

Y 1
N 2 (GO TO 27)

Value	Category
0	Never attended
1	Entered school
2	Advanced
3	Repeating
4	Dropout
5	Left school 2 or more years ago
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For household members within a specified (and varying) age range, from childhood to young adulthood, EDSTATUS (HV129) indicates the household member's educational status.

Below are descriptions of each code:

0 = Never attended: Children with no education
1 = Entered school: Children who did not attend school the previous year but are currently enrolled
2 = Advanced: Children at a current level that is higher than the previous year
3 = Repeating: Children who are at the same level as the previous year or at a level below the previous year
4 = Dropout: Children who were at school the previous year but are not currently attending school
5 = Left school 2 or more years ago: Children who are not currently attending school and did not go to school the previous year

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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