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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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Reference ID
NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Aug 15, 2018
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School attendance status (H_EDSTATUS)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 389
End: 389
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
EVER ATTENDED SCHOOL IF AGE 5 YEARS OR OLDER:

(23) Has (NAME) ever attended school?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 29)

(24) What is the highest level of school (NAME) has attended? What is the highest grade (NAME) completed at that level?
SEE CODES BELOW.
*FOR '?HIGHER', TOTAL THE NUMBER OF YEARS AT THE POST-SECONDARY LEVEL

LEVEL ___

0 PRE-PRIMARY/KINDERGARTEN
1 PRIMARY
2 SECONDARY
3 HIGHER
8 DON'T KNOW

CLASS/YEAR ___

01 - 03 YEARS AT PRE-PRIMARY/KINDERGARDEN LEVEL
01 - 06 YEARS 1 - 6 AT PRIMARY LEVEL
01 - 06 YEARS 1 - 6 AT SECONDARY LEVEL
01 - TOTAL NUMBER OF YEARS AT HIGHER LEVEL*
00 LESS THAN 1 YEAR COMPLETED (USE '?00' FOR Q. 24 ONLY. THIS CODE IS NOT ALLOWED FOR QS. 26 AND 28)
98 DON'T KNOW
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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