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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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  • SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Currently in school (SL2015A_CURRSCH)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 269
End: 269
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Section II was answered for all persons who selected living in occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p><span class="em"> 3 years and above [Questions P22-P24]</span></p>

<p>P23. Current enrollment</p>
<div class="i1">Answered only if the respondent indicated that they had ever attended school in P22.<br /><br />Is [the respondent] currently attending school?<br /><br />[] 1. Yes<br />[] 2. No<br />[] 3. Don't know</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
<span class="h2">Section 2: Population characteristics</span></p>

<p>Columns (P01) to (P20) -- These should provide particulars of all persons who slept in the household on census night. The questions therefore apply to all persons irrespective of age or sex, except P13 which applies to persons 5 years and above.</p>

<p><span class="em">Columns (P22-- P24) -- Education (for all persons 3 years and over) </span>
<br />131. Persons aged less than 3 years are not concerned with questions P22 to P24.</p>

<p><span class="em">P23 -- School enrollment</span>
<br />135. This is to ascertain the number of people that are currently going to school. Ask if persons who said they have attended school in P22 are still going to school and record '1' for 'Yes', '2' for 'No' and '3' for 'don't' Know'.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person is currently in school.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Persons age 3+ who ever attended school in occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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