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National Population, Households, and Dwellings Census, 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Argentina, 2001 - 2002
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Reference ID
ARG_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Jan 05, 2026
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Jan 05, 2026
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  • ARG2001_PHC-H-H.dat
  • ARG2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Educational attendance (AR2001A_SCHOOL)

Data file: ARG2001_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 190
End: 190
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="AR01A422 AR01A413">[Questions 11-19 were asked of persons age 3+.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR01A422">11. Do you attend any educational establishment?<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No [skip questions 12-14]</div><br /><br />[Questions 12 was asked of persons age 3+ attending any educational establishment.]<br /><br />12. The establishment is:<br /><div class="i1">[] Public<br />[] Private</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Attends a public establishment
2 Attends a private establishment
3 Does not attend but attended
4 Never attended
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="em">Questions 11 to 19</span>
<br />These questions ask about the level of formal education of the population. They should be answered only by persons 3 years old or more.</p>

<p>Starting here, persons three years old or more answer the questions.</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="AR01A422"><span class="em">Question 11: Does he/she attend any educational establishment?</span><br /><div class="i1">"Attend an educational establishment" refers to the actual attendance in an establishment that is recognized by the formal educational system, which means, an education with structure and content sequentially organized in the four educational levels: Initial, General Basic Education or Elementary, Multi-modal or Secondary, Higher-non-university and University. This includes the establishments from the state or private sector.<br /><br />Excluded is attendance at:</div><br /><div class="i2">Academies, private institutes that do not belong to the formal systems and therefore not accredited for continuing or initiating formal education studies.<br /><br />For example: Foreign language, informatics, and computing courses, literacy, musical instrument and theater courses, teacher's continuing education, labor training courses, technical courses and courses for hairdressing, clothing production, mechanics, electricity, etc.</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">If the person answer the census is completing a post-graduate education or seminary, it is considered that he/she attends a non-university higher level or that he/she completed university education. In question 19, you should register the name of the university career that he/she completed.<br /><br />If you get a negative answer you should continue with question 15, which asks about the attendance at an formal educational establishment in the past.</div><br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether a person is attending any educational establishment.
Universe
Argentina 2001: Persons age 3+ [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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