Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004

Reference ID

LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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School attendance status (H_EDSTATUS)

Data file: LSO2004-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 293

End: 293

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

(20) During the current school year, did (NAME) attend school at any time?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 22)

Value	Category
0	Never attended
1	Entered school
2	Advanced
3	Repeating
4	Dropout
5	Left school 2 or more years ago
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For household members within a specified (and varying) age range, from childhood to young adulthood, EDSTATUS (HV129) indicates the household member's educational status.

Below are descriptions of each code:

0 = Never attended: Children with no education
1 = Entered school: Children who did not attend school the previous year but are currently enrolled
2 = Advanced: Children at a current level that is higher than the previous year
3 = Repeating: Children who are at the same level as the previous year or at a level below the previous year
4 = Dropout: Children who were at school the previous year but are not currently attending school
5 = Left school 2 or more years ago: Children who are not currently attending school and did not go to school the previous year

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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