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IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 - IPUMS Subset

Guatemala, 1981
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GTM_1981_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics, IPUMS
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Currently attending school (GT1981A_SCHOOL)

Data file: GTM1981_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 275
End: 275
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">VII. People in the census household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For those 7 years of age and older</span>
<br />[Questions 13 - 15 were asked for persons age 7+ old]</p>

<p>15. School attendance</p>
<div class="i1">Do you currently attend an institution of elementary, secondary or higher education? (For those individuals ages 7 to 14 who are not attending, ask the reason.)<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><div class="i2">(Reason for not attending) ____</div><div class="i1">[] 9 Unknown</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<svar v="GT81A424 GT81A425 GT81A426 GT81A427"><span class="h2">C. Third block: educational characteristics (for those 7 years of age and older).</span><br /><br />Questions 13 to 15 refer to the enumerated person's literacy and education completed or education being carried out. For this reason, only those persons 7 years of age and older are asked these questions.<br /><br />The purpose of these questions is to discover the educational level of the population in relation to demographic, economic, and social characteristics.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="GT81A426 GT81A427"><span class="em">Question 15: school attendance</span><br /><br />1. How to formulate the question<br /><br />Do you currently attend an educational establishment; primary, middle, or tertiary?<br /><br />2. How to record the data<br /><br />If the informant declares that attends a primary, middle, or superior educational establishment, the number "1. yes" is marked.<br /><br />On the other hand, number "2. no" is circled.<br /><br />If the informant does not know if the enumerated person attends a regular educational establishment, number "9. unknown" is marked.<br /><br />If the enumerated person, between the ages of 7 and 14, does not attend a regular educational establishment, the reasons for not attending are requested and recorded in the spaces provided.<br /><br /><span class="pg">[p. 75]</span><br /><br />3. Example:<br /><br />[These instructions refer to a graphic of question 15 of the census form]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is currently attending school.
Universe
Guatemala 1981: Persons age 7+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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