2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000

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Reference ID

USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (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>

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	No, not in school
2	Yes, in school

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]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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