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XII General Population and Housing Census 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Mexico, 2000
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MEX_2000_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI), Minnesota Population Center
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Reason for leaving school (MX2000A_0428)

Data file: MEX2000-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 268
End: 269
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
For persons five to twenty-nine years old


15. Reasons for dropping out of school

What was the main reason that this person stopped going to school? Circle only one answer.


0 Has never gone to school (Continue with question number 19)
1 Didn't want to or didn't like to study
2 Lack of money or had to work
3 Got married or formed a consensual union
4 School was very far away or there was no school
5 Family did not allow this person to study or because he or she had to help in the household activities
6 Finished studies
7 Other reason

_____Write the reason
Categories
Value Category
0 Has never attended school
1 Did not want to attend or did not like to study
2 Lack of money or needed to work
3 Married or formed a consensual union
4 The school was very far away or nonexistent
5 Her/his family would not permit it because s/he was needed to do household tasks
6 Finished studies
7 Other reason
8 Undocumented
9 Not specified
99 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
15. Reason for Leaving School

This question is only for those people, ages 5 to 29, who do not currently go to school.

Ask the principal reason for which a person between the ages of 5 and 29 left school and did not continue their studies.

When the person has never gone to school, circle code 0 and go on to question 19. Religion. Any other cause that does not match one of the options should be written out on the line Other reason.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the reason for leaving school.
Universe
Persons age 5 to 29 not attending school

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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