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2001 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2001
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BWA_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Training attendance (BW2001A_TRAINING)

Data file: BWA2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 259
End: 259
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">All persons 12 years and over</span>
<br />[Questions A16-A26]</p>

<p>A16. Has [the person] ever attended training of any type for at least 3 months?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 No training [Go to A19]<br />[] 2 Still training<br />[] 3 Completed training</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Never attended
2 Still training
3 Completed training
4 Discontinued training
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.
Interviewer instructions
109b. <span class="em">Column A16-A26: </span>These questions apply only to persons aged 12 years and more. If the person is under 12 years of age, then when you reach column A16 you should put dashes in the shaded areas for columns A16 -- A32 and proceed to the next listed person in the household.</p>

<p>109c. <span class="em">Column A16: Training</span>
<br /> <span class="em">Q: Has [the person] ever attended training of any type for at least 3 months?</span></p>

<p>If the person has never undergone any formal training of three months or more record in A16 code "1", irrespective of the kind of work the person is doing; in this case A17 and A18 should be skipped. Code "2" should be used for those people who are still in a training of three months or more. For those people who have completed three months or more training code "3".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the training attendance of the person for at least 3 months.
Universe
Botswana 2001: Persons age 12+ except institutionalized non-residents [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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