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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
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Ever attended school (SL2015A_SCHOOL)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 268
End: 268
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>P22. School attendance</p>
<div class="i1">Has [the respondent] ever attended school?<br /><br />If 2 or 3 go to P25<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">P22 -- School attendance</span>
<br />132. In this case school means Pre-Primary School (Nursery), Primary School, Secondary School, University, Teachers Training College, Technical Institute and Trade Centre in fact any educational establishment where formal instruction is given on a full time basis. It also includes Arabic Schools where formal instructions are given.</p>

<p><span class="pg">[p.24]</span></p>

<p>133. Ask, "Has (name) ever attended school?"
<br />If the person has ever attended school enter '1' for 'yes' and ask P23 and P24. If the person has never attended school enter '2' for 'no' and skip to P25.</p>

<p>134. Remember that questions on Education relate to persons aged 3 years and over. For those less than 3 years, put a dash in questions P23 and P24.

Description

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

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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