Population and Housing Census 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2008

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Reference ID

MWI_2008_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center

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School attendance (MW2008A_0435)

Data file: MWI2008-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 227

End: 227

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

[Questions P16-P19 were asked of residents age 3 years or older]

P 17. Has the respondent ever attended school?

[] 0 Has never attended (go to P20)
[] 1 Has ever attended
[] 2 Is currently attending

Categories

Value	Category
0	Has never attended
1	Has ever attended
2	Is currently attending
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

Household members age 3 years or older
[Questions P16-P19 were asked of persons age 3 years or older]

P17. School attendance
Ask respondent about school attendance, including Pre-school.

If response is never attended "0", skip to P20. But, if the response is "1" or "2", proceed to ask question P18.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the person has ever attended school.

Universe

Non-visitors age 3+

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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