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Censo Nacional de Población y Viviendas, 1982 - IPUMS Subset

Paraguay, 1982
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Reference ID
PRY_1982_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEC), IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Reason for not attending school (PY1982A_WHYNOT)

Data file: PRY1982_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 276
End: 276
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="PY82A435">15. Only for those between the ages of 7 and 14 who are not currently attending.<br /><div class="i1">What is the reason for not attending school?<br /><br />[] 1 There are no higher grades<br />[] 2 The school is far away<br />[] 3 There are no places available in the class<br />[] 4 There is no school<br />[] 5 Finished primary school<br />[] 6 Without economic resources<br />[] 7 Works<br />[] 8 Other reasons</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No higher grades available
2 School far away
3 No places available in school
4 There is no school
5 Finished primary school
6 Without financial resources
7 Working
8 Other
9 Unknown
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="PY82A425"><span class="em">Question 15. What is the cause of your not attending school?</span><br /><br />Do not forget that this question is only for persons aged 7 to 14 who do not attend school.<br /><br />Make an X in the box corresponding to the reason given for not attending school.<br /><br />[A depiction of Question 15 to the right of the preceding text, drawing of people below text is omitted here.]<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable identifies the person's reason for not attending school.
Universe
Paraguay 1982: Persons age 7-14 currently not attending school [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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