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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1982
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PRY_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
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Ever attended technical or vocational training (PY1982A_VOC)

Data file: PRY1982_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 277
End: 277
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">II. Educational characteristics</span></p>

<p>For those 7 years of age and older</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY82A436 PY82A437">16. Do you or did you attend any vocational-technical or professional training class?<br /><div class="i1">Only for those 12 years of age and older<br /><br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />(Specify) ____</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
<span class="h3">II. For persons age 7 and older. Educational characteristics</span></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="PY82A436 PY82A437"><span class="em">Question 16. Do you attend a technical/vocational or professional school?</span><br /><br />Make an X in the corresponding box. If the answer is "yes," write down the specialty. <br /><br />[A depiction of question 16 to the right of the preceding text, drawing of people below text, is omitted here.]<br /><br />Some examples of technical/vocational courses:<br /><br />Waiter, construction worker, dairy manager, automobile electrician, etc.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies whether or not the person ever attended technical or vocational training.
Universe
Paraguay 1982: Persons age 12+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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