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2000 Housing and Population Census - IPUMS Subset

Mauritius, 2000
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MUS_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, IPUMS
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School attendance (MU2000A_SCHOOL)

Data file: MUS2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 253
End: 253
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">[Population census form]</span></p>

<p><span class="em">For persons aged 2 years and over:</span>
<br />[Column 19 to 21 were asked of persons age 2 and older.]</p>

<p>20. School attendance _</p>
<div class="i1">If now attending school (including pre-primary), college or university full-time, write 'now'. If has attended school/college/university full-time in the past, write: 'past'. If never attended school/college/university, write: 'never'.<br /><br />[] Now<br />[] Past <br />[] Never</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Currently attending
2 Attended in the past
3 Never attended
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="h3">7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form</span></p>

<p>[Stop at column 18 for children under 2 years of age. Note that columns 19-21 are for persons aged 2 years and over.]</p>

<p><span class="em">Column 20 - School attendance</span>
<br />For every person aged 2 years and above, write as appropriate:</p>
<div class="i1">NOW- for a person who is now attending school full-time, whether it is a preprimary, primary or secondary school, a university or a vocational or technical school.<br />PAST- for a person who has attended school, college, university, vocational or technical school in the past.<br />NEVER- for a person who has never attended school, even if he or she has obtained educational qualifications.</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the person's school attendance status.
Universe
Mauritius 2000: Persons age 2+ [discrepancies: type I trace; type II 0.6%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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