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XI General Population and Housing Census, 1990 - IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Mexico, 1990
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MEX_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), IPUMS
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School attendance (MX1990A_SCHOOL)

Data file: MEX1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 207
End: 207
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="MX90A406 MX90A407 MX90A408 MX90A409 MX90A410 MX90A411 MX90A412 MX90A413 MX90A414 MX90A415 MX90A416 MX90A417 MX90A418 MX90A419 MX90A420 MX90A421 MX90A422">Ask only if this person is five years old or more<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A412">9. School Attendance<br /><br />Does this person go to school? Mark with an X one circle only.<br /><br /><div class="i1">[ ] 1 Yes<br />[ ] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Currently attending school
2 Not currently attending school
9 Not specified
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="MX90A406 MX90A407 MX90A408 MX90A409 MX90A410 MX90A411 MX90A412 MX90A413 MX90A414 MX90A415 MX90A416 MX90A417 MX90A418 MX90A419 MX90A420 MX90A421 MX90A422"><span class="h3">Questions for persons who are five years old or more</span><br /><br />When you ask the questions: 5. Place of previous residency; 6. Indigenous language; 7. Religion; 8. Literacy; 9. School attendance; and 10. Grades completed, you should pay attention to the age of the person about whom you are requesting the information. Remember that these questions are only for persons who are five years old or more.<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="MX90A412"><span class="h2">9. School attendance</span><br /><br />This question should be asked of all persons who have completed five years or more, including the adults, since many older persons attend programs for adult education.<br /><br />If the person goes to school to study or is enrolled in an open education system, it is considered that he/she attends school. If the person goes to a school to work because that is where he/she carries out his/her occupation, it is considered that the person does not go to school.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person currently attends school.
Universe
Mexico 1990: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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