General Census of Population and Housing 1983 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1983

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Reference ID

GIN_1983_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Census Bureau, Popular Revolutionary Republic of Guinea, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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School attendance (GN1983A_0410)

Data file: GIN1983-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 151

End: 151

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For the population aged 6 years and above: Characteristics of education
[Questions 12-14 were asked of persons aged 6 years and above.]

13. Highest grade completed ____
[The French text says "School attendance".]
Write the last grade attended, and the corresponding cycle (Cy), for instance: 1st cycle, 4th, grade, University, 2nd year. Write (-) if the person had never been to school

Categories

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	Attends school
2	Does not attend school
9	Unknown

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

B. Educational characteristics for the population aged 6 and older

Column (12): School attendance
123. Attending school (la fréquentation scolaire) is attending school in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th cycle in a Revolutionary Teaching Center (CER), or attending any other training establishment to carry out regular studies at any level. Students on vacation are considered to be attending an academic institution.

124. The census enumerator (AR) shall ask the question in order to know whether the enumerated person attends any teaching institution. Depending on the answer, the census enumerator (AR) will write "Yes" or "No" in this column.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether the individual is attending school or any teaching institution. Students on vacation are considered to be attending an academic institution. A lot of children under age six have also given responses.

Universe

Persons age 6+, not absent residents

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Education Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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