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ipums

National Census - IPUMS Subset

Papua New Guinea, 2000
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Reference ID
PNG_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistics Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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School attendance (PG2000A_SCHOOL)

Data file: PNG2000_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 212
End: 212
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">Continue only for persons aged 5 years or more</span>
<br />[Questions 11-12 were asked of persons age 5+.]</p>

<p>11. Is the person attending any formal schooling now?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No- attended in the past<br />[] 3 No- never attended</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No, attended in the past
3 Never attended
8 Unknown
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
This variable indicates whether or not a person attended school.
Universe
Papua New Guinea 2000: Persons age 5+ [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.1%]

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