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1991 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Malaysia, 1991
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MYS_1991_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics Malaysia, IPUMS
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Current school attendance (MY1991A_SCHOOL2)

Data file: MYS1991_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 209
End: 209
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions C1-27 were asked of persons who live in their households on Census Days.]</p>

<p><svar v="MY91A412 MY91A413 MY91A414">[Questions C12-14 were asked of persons who had ever attended school.]<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY91A412">C12. Are you still schooling/completed schooling?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Currently schooling<br />[] 2 Completed schooling</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No, completed school
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="MY91A411 MY91A412 MY91A413 MY91A414"><span class="h3">Question C11-C14</span><br /><br /><span class="em">Purpose</span><br />The purpose of these questions is to obtain information for each person including:<br /><div class="i1">The level of education, that is, whether the person has ever been to school or not, and whether he/she is currently attending school or has completed schooling.<br />The highest level of schooling completed/still attending.<br />The highest certificate obtained.</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MY91A412"><span class="h3">Question C12 </span><br /><br />[Question C12 of the enumeration form is not presented here.]<br /><br /><span class="em">Definition</span><br /><br />"Current schooling" means that a person is currently attending one of the educational institutions that provide formal education.<br /><br />"Completed schooling" means that a person has been to school and has completed his/her schooling at the time of interview.<br /><br /><span class="em">Special note</span><br /><br />For persons who are currently waiting for the examination results from the formal educational institutions, they are considered as currently schooling.<br /><br />For persons who are attending part-time classes at the formal educational institutions, they are also considered as currently schooling.<br /><br /><span class="em">How to ask the question</span><br /><br />Ask the question as follows:<br /><br />"Is ____ (member's name) still schooling or has completed schooling?"<br /><br /><span class="em">How to record the answer</span><br /><br />You are to mark (X) in the Code 1 box if the answer is "Currently schooling" and Code 2 box if the answer is "Completed schooling".<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person currently attends school or not.
Universe
Malaysia 1991: Persons who ever attended school [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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