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Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1990
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ZMB_1990_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Current school attendance (ZM1990A_0420)

Data file: ZMB1990-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 224
End: 224
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Education
[Question P-14 to P-18 were asked of persons 5 years and over]


P15 Does [the respondent] go to any institution of learning?

[] 1-Yes full time
[] 2-Yes part time
[] 3-Correspondence
(If answer is 1, 2 or 3; skip to P-17)
[] 4-No
Categories
Value Category
1 Full time
2 Part time
3 Correspondence
4 Not currently attending
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
Education: For All Persons 5 Years and Over


P - 15 Does [name] go to any institution of learning?
33. Under this question you are to record the present status of school or college attendance of each person. Enter the appropriate code as it appears in the questionnaire.

pg. 31

34. Since the Census will be held during a period when many schools and colleges will be closed for holidays, for those still attending school the word 'attending' will be taken to mean that the person attended school during the last term and intends to do so in the next term also. Note that:


a. Students attending vocational training including teacher training should be considered as persona attending full-time (Code 1).
b. Apprentices in factories or workshops should not be shown as full-time students.
c. Persons attending night school should be shown as part-time attending (code 2).
d. People on study leave, although sometimes in formal education, e.g studying for a degree, are not full-time students.
e. People engaged in correspondence studies should be assigned code 3

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person currently attends school.
Universe
Persons age 5+

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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