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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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School attendence (US1980A_SCHOOL)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 279
End: 279
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" US80A445 US80A448"><span class="em">8. Since February 1, 1980, has this person attended regular school or college at any time? </span><br /><div class="i1">Fill one circle. Count nursery school, kindergarten, elementary school, and schooling which leads to a high school diploma or college degree.<br /><br />[] No, has not attended since February 1<br />[] Yes, public school, public college<br />[] Yes, private, church-related<br />[] Yes, private, not church-related</div><br /><br />[Do not count enrollment in a trade or business school, company training, or tutoring unless the course would be accepted for credit at a regular elementary school, high school, or college. A public school is any school or college which is controlled and supported primarily by a local, county, State, or Federal Government.]<br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 No, not in school
2 Yes, in school
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent attended school during a specified period.
Universe
United States 1980: All persons

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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