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1995 National Census. Seventh Census of Population, Third Census of Dwellings. - IPUMS Subset

Nicaragua, 1995
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NIC_1995_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, IPUMS
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Currently attending school (NI1995A_SCHOOL)

Data file: NIC1995_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 242
End: 242
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="NI95A413 NI95A414 NI95A415 NI95A416 NI95A417 NI95A418 NI95A419 NI95A420 NI95A421 NI95A422 NI95A423 NI95A424 NI95A425 NI95A449">For persons age 5 or older<br />[Questions 5-11 were asked of persons age 5 or older]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NI95A420"><span class="em">School attendance</span><br />9. Is the person currently attending primary, middle, or secondary school?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
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
<svar a="all" v="NI95A420"><span class="em">Question 9: School attendance</span><br />You should mark "Yes" when the person is currently studying and is registered for the current year, even if at this moment the person is on vacation, waiting for exams, or in another situation such as being ill, due to bad weather, etc.<br /><br />You will only mark "No'' when the person does not attend or did not attend school at any moment of the year, even if he/she was registered and when the person has already completed his/her studies.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the person currently attends school.
Universe
Nicaragua 1995: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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