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Population and Housing Census 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 1981
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BWA_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
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School attendance (BW1981A_SCHOOL)

Data file: BWA1981_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 171
End: 171
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">(All Persons 5 years and over)</span></p>

<p><span class="em">10. Has (the person) ever attended school? </span><div class="i1">[] 1 Never attended<br />[] 2 Still at school<br />[] 3 Left school</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never attended
2 Still at school
3 Left school
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 indicates the person's school attendance.
Universe
Botswana 1981: Present residents age 5+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II none]

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