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Fifth National Population Census - IPUMS Subset

China, 2000
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CHN_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Census Office, IPUMS
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School attendance (CN2000A_SCHOOL)

Data file: CHN2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 208
End: 208
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
16. Current education status</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Attending an educational institute<br />[] 2 Graduated<br />[] 3 Graduated with no diploma<br />[] 4 Terminated education<br />[] 5 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Attending an educational institute
2 Graduated from school
3 Graduated with no diploma
4 Dropped out from school
5 Other
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
<span class="h2">Part One. Personal Records</span></p>

<p><span class="em">R14 through R16 apply to persons who are 6 years or older.</span></p>

<p><span class="em">R16. School completion </span>
<br />Only persons who received higher than primary school degree will answer this question (that is, those who answered 3-9 in the first part of R15).
<br />There are five standard answers.</p>
<div class="i1">1. In school - currently attending schools and are full time students<br />2. Graduated - have completed all the school curricula and passed the graduation exam.<br />3. Incomplete - have completed all the school curricula but failed to pass the graduation exam.<br />4. Drop-off - have not completed all the school curricula.<br />5. Others - attend home-based schools, self-learning, or acquire education through other means.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's school attendance.
Universe
China 2000: Persons age 6+ who ever attended school [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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