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1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Public or private school (US1960A_SCHLTYPE)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 240
End: 240
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A444"><div class="i2"><span class="em">[If Yes] P17 Is it a public school or a private school? </span></div><br /><br /><div class="i3">[] Public school<br />[] Private or parochial school</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Not enrolled
2 Public school
3 Private 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 respondent is attending school were enrolled in a public or a private school.
Universe
United States 1960: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: none]

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