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2005 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2001 - 2005
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Reference ID
USA_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Aug 01, 2025
Last modified
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Grade level attending in last three months (US2005A_GRADEATT)

Data file: USA2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 487
End: 487
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US05A435 US05A439 US05A552">10. a) At any time in the last 3 months, has this person attended regular school or college?<br /><div class="i1">Include only nursery or preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, and schooling which leads to a high school diploma or a college degree.<br /><br />[] No, has not attended in the last 3 months <span class="ital">--&gt; Skip to question 11</span><br />[] Yes, public school, public college<br />[] Yes, private school, private college</div><br /><br />b) What grade or level was this person attending?<br /><div class="i1">[Q10. b is asked if the person has attended regular school or college in the last 3 months.]<br /><br />Mark (X) one box.<br /><br />[] Nursery school, preschool<br />[] Kindergarten<br />[] Grade 1 to grade 4<br />[] Grade 5 to grade 8<br />[] Grade 9 to grade 12<br />[] College undergraduate years (freshman to senior)<br />[] Graduate or professional school for example: medical, dental or law school</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Nursery school/preschool
2 Kindergarten
3 Grade 1 to grade 4
4 Grade 5 to grade 8
5 Grade 9 to grade 12
6 College undergraduate
7 Graduate or professional 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 reports the grade or level of recent schooling for people who attended "regular school or college" in the past three months.
Universe
United States 2005: People attending school [discrepancies: none]

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Concept
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