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Censo de Población y Vivienda 2017 - IPUMS Subset

Chile, 2017
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Reference ID
CHL_2017_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, IPUMS
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Sep 03, 2025
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  • CHL2017_PHC-H-H.dat
  • CHL2017_PHC-P-H.dat

Currently attending school (formal education) (CL2017A_SCHOOL)

Data file: CHL2017_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 193
End: 193
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">D. Personal information</span></p>

<p>13. Do you currently attend an institution of formal education?
<br />Includes pre-school, special education, and elementary, secondary and tertiary education. </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 Not at present<br />[] 3 Never have (go to 16)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No, not currently
3 No, never attended
8 Unknown
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
<span class="h2">Questionnaire section D: "Personal information"</span>
<br />Interview each member of the household using one page for each person. The order in which you must conduct the interviews is the same as you entered on question 6.c. Therefore, person No. 1 will correspond to the head of household, while person No. 2 will be the person you entered on the second row, and so forth.
<br />It is very important that you follow the order as entered on question 6.c for conducting the interviews in section D. This way, you will avoid leaving someone out without being recorded for the census.</p>

<p><span class="em">[Questions 13, attending formal education]</span>
<br />Formal education refers to any accredited regular educational program, whether public or private, for instruction.
<br />[Figure omitted, image of question 13 from questionnaire]</p>

<p><span class="em">Case 1: Person currently in first year of tertiary education</span>
<br />Camita is currently in her first year at the university. Therefore, her last completed educational level was the fourth year of secondary education at a scientific-humanist school. The correct way to record this is as shown to the left.
<br />[Figure omitted, images of questions 13, 14, 15 and 15.a from the questionnaire. Question 13 has option 1.yes fill, question 14, has option 4th fill; question 15 has the option 1. from list D fill, and, question 15.a, has option yes fill]</p>

<p><span class="em">Case 2: Person who made it to the eighth year of elementary education but did not complete it </span>
<br />Ana attended a rural school in her childhood. She reached the eighth year of elementary education but had to withdraw before completing the school year and did not return to formal education. Subsequently, she has only taken training courses. The correct way to record this is as shown to the right.
<br />[Figure omitted, images of questions 13, 14, 15 and 15.a from the questionnaire. Question 13 has option 2. No at present fill, question 14, has option 7th fill; question 15 has the option elementary from list C fill, and, question 15.a, has option no fill]

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person is currently attending formal education school.
Universe
Chile 2017: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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