Literal question
Education status
[Questions 15 - 18: Persons age 6 or older]
16. Has [the respondent] ever attended, or is currently attending school this year?
[] 1 Currently attending
[] 2 Previously attended (skip to Q18)
[] 3 Never attended (skip to Q19)
Interviewer instructions
7.4. LFQ educational status questions 15-18
Note: these questions should be asked only to persons aged 6 years and above. Check the age of the persons as reported in question 4. If they are less than 6 years old, then you are finished asking questions about that person. Go to the next person listed in the questionnaire.
Asking questions only for persons of certain ages or only of females is called a "skip pattern". Skip patterns are used to avoid asking questions of persons that don't make sense. For example, asking if a 1-year-old baby attends school.
Q16 "Has [the respondent] ever attended, never attended, or is currently attending school this year?" Continuing with the first person listed "Person 01" age 6 years and over, ask question 16 and shade the number of the response.
"School attendance" refers to any regular educational institution, public or private, for systematic instruction at any level of education. Examples include: primary schools, secondary or high schools, technical schools, agricultural institutions, teacher training colleges and universities.
School attendance should be full time participation. Adult or short-term vocational training are not to be classified as school attendance.
(1) "Currently attending" refers to all persons who are now attending formal educational institutions and include those who are temporarily absent from school or those on holiday.
(2) "Previously attended" refers to those who once attended formal school but have left or completed their cycle and are no longer attending.
(3)"Never attended" is for those, who have never attended any formal educational institution at all.
For the purposes of the census, Koranic schools (khalwa) are treated as regular educational institutions.
Note: There are skips in question 16 depending on the response given:
1. Currently attending, continue with question 17.
2. Previously attended, skip to question 18.
3. Never attended, skip to question 19.
