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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2014
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Reference ID
KEN_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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School attendance status (H_EDSTATUS)

Data file: KEN2014-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 391
End: 391
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
IF AGE 3 YEARS OR OLDER:

EVER ATTENDED SCHOOL:

16) Has (NAME) ever attended school?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 20)
Categories
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)
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
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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