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Community Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Currently attending school (ZA2016A_SCHOOL)

Data file: ZAF2016_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 312
End: 312
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">3. Person information </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7] Household members </span></p>

<p><span class="em">[3.7.5] Education </span>
<br />Now, I am going to ask you questions on education.</p>

<p>[3.7.5.2] Is the respondent currently attending an educational institution?</p>
<div class="i1">For example, school, home school/home-based education, Early Childhood Development Centre [ECD] [e.g. day care, creche, pre-school, nursery school or preprimary school], distance or correspondence education. Only include courses of 6 months or longer.<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Do not know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
3 Do not know
9 Unknown
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 person is currently attending a school.
Universe
South Africa 2016: All persons

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