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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000
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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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School attendance (US2000A_SCHOOL)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 315
End: 315
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" US00A441 US00A445"><span class="em">8. a. At any time since February 1, 2000, has this person attended regular school or college?</span><br /><div class="i1">Include only nursery school or preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, and schooling which leads to a high school diploma or a college degree.<br /><br />[] No, has not attended since February 1 [go on to question 9]<br />[] Yes, public school, public college<br />[] Yes, private school, private college</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No, not in school
2 Yes, in school
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the respondent attended school during the census period.
Universe
United States 2000: Persons of age 3 or older [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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